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Eventbrite released its first quarterly earnings report this week, showing the success of its effort to gobble up ticketing platforms around the world and integrate them into its platform.

The lesson is that smaller venues and organizations need effective event planning tools that can scale with their needs. Eventbrite has found success with its more premium service options over the last year, meaning customers are choosing to pay more to access more robust tools.

Check out my story below. We've also got the latest on how luxury travel agents are delving into intense work to make experiences resonate with their clients, and Choice Hotels' rough quarter.

If you have any feedback about the newsletter or news tips, feel free to reach out to me via email at as@skift.com or tweet me @sheivach.

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Skift Senior Editor Andrew Sheivachman [as@skift.com] curates the Skift Meetings Innovation Report. Skift emails the newsletter every Wednesday.

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