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Herschend Family Entertainment
The company behind Dollywood and Silver Dollar City turned a single Missouri cave into North America's largest family-owned attractions empire - and it runs the whole thing on a management theory most boardrooms would never say out loud: love.
Ticketure
Ticketure is a cloud-based, mobile-first ticketing, point-of-sale, and membership platform built specifically for museums, zoos, aquariums, gardens, and high-volume visitor attractions. It unifies advance and on-site ticket sales, timed entry, memberships, donations, and visitor data into one connected system, helping cultural institutions grow revenue and understand their audiences. Spun out of TixTrack as a standalone company in July 2025 with backing from Dahlia Equity Partners, Ticketure processes over 200 million visits and $1.5B+ in tickets annually for more than 100 institutions worldwide.