AccessIT & Vista

AccessIT has an extensive background in developing, implementing, and supporting enterprise solutions for distributors and exhibitors of all sizes and has been Vista’s certified partner in the United States since 2002. Based in New Zealand, Vista concluded that the best way to service their customers around the world was to establish certified partner relationships with local software companies specializing in entertainment solutions.  These relationships would prove to provide better customer service to clients within each region, while exposing Vista to the global marketplace.

The two companies are working closely to integrate their complimentary head office and in-theatre systems.  While Vista already provides the most complete range of theatre management solutions on the market, from POS to restaurant to web-based customer loyalty and head office management, those theatres choosing to transition to Digital Cinema will also be able to integrate Vista’s film scheduling information.  With AccessIT’s Theatre Command Center®, which fully manages the Digital Cinema environments, Vista and AccessIT are actively developing the technology and processes to fully automate the scheduling and play out of digital content using the familiar point of sale interface.  Whether or not you intend to transition to Digital in the near future, Vista and Access IT have you covered.

Outstanding Operator and Customer Benefits
Vista has been developed and designed exclusively for the cinema industry using a single point of sale structure.  Vista provides significant benefits for customers and cinema operators.  Customers spend less time queuing.  And their movie experience is considerably enhanced with a more convenient transition between ticket and concession purchase and entry to the theatre.

And if you think an increase in the spend per customer is good news.  That’s only the beginning.  Vista is more than a point of sale facility: it is a truly integrated management information system.

Cinemas worldwide are choosing to take up the benefits of Vista.  In over 26 countries, Vista is providing a reliable fast solution to all aspects of the cinema exhibition business.

Vista means versatility
Vista is not only cost-effective, convenient and flexible, it is also multi-functional.  For example Vista provides you with a full seating configuration, complete signage integration, a concessions system and complete kitchen interface.  Additional modules regulate air-conditioning, cash handling, reserved seating layouts, and a full loyalty system.  Vista’s Back Office provides management with sophisticated sales reporting, analysis of cinema performance and a comprehensive stock taking facility.  An additional cash management module gives you the power to control all cash movement within the cinema in a treasury style interface.  The Head Office brings all this information together to provide circuit wide information and control.  Customer reporting, circuit wide scheduling and detailed voucher management are all provided to ensure Vista is the complete cinema management solution.

Despite Vista’s sophistication it is simple to operate and equally easy to learn; in fact your staff training costs are likely to be reduced.  The Vista software is available in many languages and provides the ability for multiple languages to be used simultaneously at the same cinema.  This allows staff to complete transactions quicker, provides them with more information and allows you to deploy them in a more cost-effective manner.

Increased Ticketing options Lead to Increased Sales
The versatility of Vista can also be seen in the purchasing options that it extends to your customers.  Not only can they buy tickets and concessions from the counter, but purchases can also be made from Vista Kiosk, the Internet and IVR (automated touch-tone phone ticketing), Call Center or Mobile Point of Sale (POS).

Vista Kiosk avoids the need to queue and allows your customers to purchase tickets with a credit card or pick up tickets that have been prepaid through the Internet, Call Center or IVR ticketing.

Internet, Call Center and IVR ticketing remove the frustration of arriving at a movie only to find it sold out.

MobilePOS provides a wireless point of sale interface selling both tickets and concessions, and pickup of previously ordered tickets.  The inventory functionality adds to the versatility of Mobile POS.

Vista’s ability to provide a range of easy-to-use ticketing methods, including paid and non-paid with optional automatic unpaid release, extends your sales channels and is likely to increase your attendance figures.

Box Office Screen
Tickets can be produced in two screen touches.  A large graphical display using icons shows the status of sessions.  Full film information such as a synopsis and rating is available at a single touch.  Operators can toggle between tickets and concessions selling both from the same point of sale if required.  A running display of the current sale, along with the seats currently selected is always available.  The POS provides access to a large number of other functions such as refunds and other selling dates, using simple one touch operations.

Concessions Screen
The concessions screen is fully configurable, allowing different selling profiles at each workstation, eg. Candy or bar food.  Vista supports full products recipes to allow inventory tracking of components.  Weight based sweets (pick and mix) as well as Retail items are also supported.

Standard Technology – Unrivaled Outcomes
The system has been designed using industry-standard PC technology or Point of Sales terminals, and been developed with Microsoft tools. The touch screen interface is fast and reliable allowing staff to process increased sales volumes compared to conventional sales systems.

The Vista Payments system is designed for fast entry, and supports multiple payment types for each sales transaction.  Credit card/debit card/cash card readers can be fully integrated into the payments screen.  Vista now has a number of payment interfaces for banking systems throughout the world making online credit card processing simple.