Accesso
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| Traded as | : |
| Industry | Amusement park virtual queue systems |
| Predecessor | The Tellurian Devices Company |
| Founded | August 2000 (Lo-Q) |
| Founder | Leonard Sim |
| Headquarters | Berkshire, England |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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Tom Burnet (Chairman) John Alder (CFO), Steve Brown (CEO) |
| Services | ticketing, virtual queuing, guest management, ecommerce, access control |
| Revenue |
 £29.1 million (2012) |
| Profit |
£3.2 million (2012) |
| Total equity |
£7.5 million (2011) |
| Divisions | accesso LoQueue accesso Passport accesso Siriusware accesso ShoWare |
| Subsidiaries | Located in Europe and North America |
| Website | www |
Accesso (formerly Lo-Q) is a publicly listed technology company based in Berkshire, England. The company designs and integrates ticketing and virtual queue systems in amusement parks, water parks and other attractions.
The concept of virtual queuing for amusement rides dates back to several World's fairs in the 20th century where time tickets were printed for attractions. In the 1990s, Leonard Sim realised the need for a similar system for amusement parks. In 1998, the first system was developed and prototyped at Thorpe Park. In August 2000, Lo-Q was formed. The company has since developed products such as the Qbot, Qtxt, Qband and Qsmart which operate at various locations across the world.
On 5 December 2012, Lo-Q announced its acquisition of leading US ticketing and e-Commerce company, accesso, for £13.7 million. In November 2013, Lo-Q repositioned their overall brand as accesso to reflect the company's operations. On 5 December 2013, accesso acquired leading North American ticketing and point-of-sale provider, Siriusware. The company now operates with three divisions: accesso LoQueue, accesso Passport and Siriusware.
The accesso LoQueue solution's primary industry is in virtual queuing devices for amusement parks, water parks and attractions. Products include the Qbot, Qband and Qsmart. Several patents have been registered for their concepts.
The 'Qbot' is the solution's most widely sold product. It is a handheld device which park guests can rent for the day. On the device, users can select an amusement ride they wish to queue for and the device will add them to a virtual queue. The Qbot device will notify users once their virtual queue time has elapsed through vibration and beeping. In 2011, the 'Qband' was introduced for use at water parks. The device, which is similar in size and shape to a watch, functions similarly to the Qbot. The Qsmart requires users to have a smartphone which they can use to join virtual queues in a similar method to the Qbot. It replaced the Q-txt product which allowed any mobile phone to register a spot in virtual queues.
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