Mark Hodes Joins TicketsNow in Executive Customer Marketing Role; Inc. 500 Entertainment Technology Company Continues Development of Senior Leadership Team.

CHICAGO -- Mark Hodes, former head of Customer Relationship Marketing for renowned travel Web site Orbitz, has been named Senior Vice President, Customer Marketing, for TicketsNow (www.TicketsNow.com), an Inc. 500 entertainment technology company that hosts and operates the world's largest, most secure online marketplace for premium tickets to entertainment events worldwide. He reports to Chief Marketing Officer, Kenneth Dotson.

"Mark is a terrific complement to the growing list of talented and experienced executives we have recruited to our team," said Dotson. "Customer relationship marketing is an essential priority for any consumer-focused business, and Mark's addition is evidence of TicketsNow's commitment to further enhancing the strong loyalty of our ever-growing customer base."

Hodes, 43, will oversee all email marketing, customer loyalty, company-wide marketing infrastructure, and CRM functions. An expert in state-of-the-art CRM technology, Hodes will work out of the Crystal Lake, Ill. offices of TicketsNow.

Prior to Orbitz, Hodes served as a Senior Vice President at Digitas, where he ran CRM engagements for Fortune 50 clients. He was also a Managing Director and member of the Worldwide Operating Board for Ogilvy One. Previous to Ogilvy, Mark served as Senior Vice President and General Manager at iXL and as a Vice President at Modem Media. He also served on the executive management team at Brightstreet, a Cupertino, Calif.-based Series A startup that was later acquired by e-Centives. A native of Kansas City, Mo., Hodes is a graduate of Creighton University in Omaha.

About TicketsNow

Established in 1999, TicketsNow is the world's largest and most trusted marketplace for premium event tickets. More than 90 percent of all professional ticket agencies that list, buy, and sell secondary event tickets online utilize software developed by TicketsNow--creating the most comprehensive database of secondary event tickets in the world. Named to the Inc. 500 index of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the U.S., TicketsNow is a premium ticket provider for USA TODAY and AOL, a member of the Better Business Bureau, and a founding member of the NATB, which promotes the highest level of ethics in the secondary ticketing marketplace. For more information, visit www.TicketsNow.com.