SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn., July 09, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ticket Summit, the leading conference and trade show for ticketing and live entertainment professionals, will include its popular Workshops for Entrepreneurs in its 2018 conference, to be held July 16-18, 2018 at Caesars Palace Las Vegas.

The Workshops for Entrepreneurs were first launched at the 2017 Ticket Summit conference at The Venetian and are intended to provide the conference’s audience of ticket brokers with the tools that they need to build their business.

The workshops will begin on Tuesday, July 17 at 9 AM with Insurance for Ticket Brokers, led by Michael Simon of TixSurance. Tuesday’s schedule will also include Legal Concerns for Ticket Brokers, led by Ismail Amin of TALG, Marketplace Data, Analytics, and Efficiencies with Drew Gainor, Seat Scouts, Strategic Planning presented by SCORE, and Mergers and Acquisitions with Lyle Ayes of LionTree.

Wednesday’s workshops include Focusing on What Matters for Your Success with executive coach Jay Fehnel and a second session of Legal Concerns for Ticket Brokers , this time led by Christopher Myers of Holland & Hart.

“We are very pleased to offer the workshops again this year,” said Amanda Farrish, Director, Corporate Events, TicketNetwork & Ticket Summit. “Our attendees have asked for more resources for small business owners and the workshops will give them all the tools they need to run their business. They’ll enjoy the opportunity to learn from these established experts and discuss the issues their businesses are facing.”

In addition to the workshops, panels and keynotes , Ticket Summit also includes a large trade show featuring 1Ticket , AutoProcessor , Easy Pay , GeoSurf , Matrix Payment Systems , SeatGeek , StubTabs , Ticket Attendant , TickPick , and more. Sponsors include Accertify , AutoProcessor , Event Tickets Center , Hustle , SeatGeek , SoSimple , and more. Ticket Summit is presented by TicketNetwork and DTI Management .

Exhibitor and sponsor opportunities are still available. Call 860-416-5767 or email info@ticketsummit.org for more information. Registration for Ticket Summit is $849 and is available online or at 855.526.9674.

About Ticket Summit Ticket Summit is the leading ticket conference and trade show for live entertainment professionals, and is ranked among the Top 25 Fast-Growth Shows by EXPO Magazine . This event attracts hundreds of global business leaders, entrepreneurs, and entertainment experts in the ticket community. Previous keynote speakers include Marcus Lemonis, host of CNBC’s hit show The Profit , legendary baseball manager Joe Torre, and Shark Tank ’s Daymond John. Past attendees and sponsors include: Billboard, Blue Man Group, Broadway.com, Devils Arena Entertainment, eBay, Facebook, Forbes, Goldman Sachs, Google, Harlem Globetrotters, Live Nation, Madison Square Garden, Microsoft, MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, PayPal, StubHub, Ticketmaster, and Yahoo!, among others. For information, visit www.TicketSummit.org .

Contact: Amanda Farrish, Director—Corporate Events TicketNetwork & Ticket Summit 860-416-5767 amanda@ticketsummit.org