Participant management and visitor counting from a single source

Guest-One and tal.de agree strategic partnership

The two Wuppertal-based companies Guest-One, a specialist in participant and crew management, and tal.de, an expert in digital visitor counting, are intensifying their collaboration.

The two companies have been “connected” for several years through their joint shareholder “Riedel Communications”, but have so far only implemented a few joint projects. The Fanzone in Hamburg for the European Football Championship was the starting signal for closer cooperation. Guest-One provided the crew accreditation, while tal.de used its “evocount” solution to count visitors at a total of four entrances and exits and for one area.
entrances and exits and for an area with a capacity of around 50,000 visitors.

“We took this project as an opportunity to compare our services again and see where they overlap,” says Guest-One Managing Director Marcel Schettler. “Both companies are often active in the context of major events – Guest-One for the usually very personalized participant and crew management as well as for accreditation, tal.de with the “evocount” tool for automated and digital people counting and level measurement of areas or rooms.”

All information from the Guest-One system is integrated into the live dashboards of tal.de or “evocount” so that the control center can see a real-time overview of all relevant data at a glance.

The customer has a fixed contact person for the entire course of the project, who coordinates both topics from consultation to implementation. On-site support results in personnel savings, as it is not necessary to have separate project managers and technicians on site for each trade. The necessary IT and network infrastructure can be supplied by Riedel Communications if required – the close connection and physical proximity guarantee short distances and a coordinated overall solution from a single source.

Infobox Guest-One

Guest-One is one of the largest providers of participant and crew management and accreditation solutions in Germany. With 21 permanent employees, around 100 projects are implemented every year. The “GuestHub” software has a modular structure and can be flexibly configured to suit any event and the associated requirements.

Infobox tal.de

tal.de supplies software and sensor technology for smart events and sophisticated analyses under the name “evocount”. All information comes together in real time on freely configurable dashboards. From safety-relevant information such as the filling of event areas, to frequency measurement on North Sea beaches and movement analysis at trade fair stands, tal.de offers all the tools for secure implementation and intelligent live evaluation.