TicketsNow names John Ketchum vice president, corporate programs

Chicago-based TicketsNow, which hosts and manages an online marketplace for premium tickets to entertainment events worldwide, has named John Ketchum as vice president, corporate programs, responsible for creating and managing programs for high-volume corporate clients.

Ketchum joins TicketsNow from THG Worldwide (The Hospitality Group), a division of Marcus Evans, provider of luxury corporate hospitality at international sporting events. At THG, Ketchum headed the national accounts program focusing on the sale and management of corporate hospitality packages for major international sporting events and was responsible for managing many of the firm’s top client relationships. He will report to TicketsNow chief marketing officer Kenneth Dotson.

“John’s impressive background in corporate sales and hospitality management made him the ideal selection to help us build the TicketsNow corporate programs department,” said Dotson.