A mainstay of the special events world, zkipster was founded in 2009 in Zurich, Switzerland by co-founders David Becker and Daniel Dessauges. What started as a guest list app to streamline the check-in process for social events grew into the leading event management software for high-end events worldwide.

“What distinguishes zkipster is that we build our platform directly with and for the best events in the world,” explains co-founder David Becker. “Typically these events happen across the arts, fashion, entertainment, charity and the luxury worlds.”

zkipster’s cloud-based event management software is built to manage the journey of guests before, during and after an event. “We help hosts understand their data and help them create curated guest lists, send out effective invitation campaigns, run a flawless and secure check-in process, and analyse the performance of each event afterwards.”

Since the needs of invitation-only events can be broad, the platform’s professional tools support seated events with easy table charts, VIP events with

guest pictures built into the app, and networking events with on-site name badge printing.

“We power more than 40,000 events and have dedicated teams in the US, Europe, Asia and now in Australia,” adds Becker. “We are thrilled to engage with luxury brands in Australia and help them bring to life the pedigree of events that give this region its excellent reputation.”

“Our partnership with The Luxury Network Australia is the latest addition to the numerous valued associations we hold with leading, relationship-driven luxury brands worldwide, and we’re committed to continue growing here,” says Louisa Hirst, Head of APAC Client Relations for zkipster, whose team works with an increasing number of notable luxury organisations in the region.

James Rowden, CEO of The Luxury Network Australia, agrees zkipster has been transformative in streamlining communications with their member base. “Our business is relationship-focused, with an extensive database broken down into various categories. Keeping this up to date ensures we have all relevant information before we send out targeted invitations with zkipster, which is where zkipster is of such great benefit to us. They track all of this information for us, which can be read at a glance and updated at the click of a button.”