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Sena shows why attendees come back

Sena Decision AI shows event teams which cities and dates attendees would travel to, what they would pay, and which sponsors they recall. Every figure traces to an attendee answer, a dated venue photo, or the team's own ticketing files.

  • 190+ countries
  • 5M+ consumer network
  • 250+ integrations
Live readingsExample events
Cities attendees would travel to
City B
61% would travel there in June
Ticket price attendees accept
145
General tier, vs 165 planned
Sponsor signage confirmed by photo
41 / 48
Returning attendees in reach
6,808
Of 18,400 on the ticket list
every figure opens an attendee answer or a venue photo
BETWEEN EDITIONS

Each edition sells the next one

Event management analytics usually reads ticket sales, gate scans, and cashless spend from the team's own systems. Whether an attendee returns, and what a sponsor got for its fee, sits outside those counts.

Ticket sales show who bought

Ticketing and event data show sales by tier and date. Why people come back or skip an edition is a separate answer.

Sena:Sena captures why attendees return or skip an edition and which lineup, price, or travel change would win each group back.

Sponsors pay for presence

Event sponsorship packages promise signage, booths, and on-site activations. Sponsors renew on proof that the signage was up and that attendees noticed it.

Sena:Sena captures dated, geo-verified photos of sponsor signage at the venues a question names, and which sponsors attendees recall.

Each edition picks a city and a weekend

Venue quotes and past event attendance shape where the next edition lands. Travel distance and timing decide whether the audience follows.

Sena:Sena captures which cities and dates each audience would travel to, and at what ticket price.

The decisions

Four decisions event teams make

These four decisions add attendee answers and venue photos to event management analytics.

Decision 01

Choose the host city and dates

Consumers in each candidate city state how far they would travel for this kind of event, and in which months.

Decides:Which city and dates the next edition books, and where event marketing spends first.

See strategy decisions →
Decision 02

Set ticket tiers before on-sale

Attendees state what they would pay for early-bird, general, and VIP tickets, and which add-ons tip them into a higher tier, by segment and market.

Decides:Which tiers and prices open on-sale day.

See revenue and pricing decisions →
Decision 03

Confirm each sponsorship activation on site

Dated photos confirm each sponsor's signage and activation setup at the venues a question names, and attendees there state which sponsors they recall.

Decides:Which sponsorship activation formats return in next year's sponsor packages.

See sales decisions →
Decision 04

Fix what sends attendees home early

Attendees state what made them leave early or skip the next edition, from queues and food to transport and price.

Decides:Which venue and program fixes get next year's budget.

See product decisions →
HOW A TEAM CHECKS EACH EDITION

Signage photos and attendee answers, on file

Each figure links to its venue photo or attendee answer, so a sponsor report shows the source beside the event ROI the team calculates.

Signage on file, by venue and date

Each named sponsor placement counts once a geo-verified photo places it at the venue on event day.

Attendee answers by consent

Attendees in Sena's consumer network choose what to share. Every capture clears a multi-level QA flow before it counts. Sena declines a capture that misses the check, and the decline stays visible.

RETURN ATTENDANCE

Count the attendees ready to return

For return attendance, event management analytics starts with two figures the team enters: the attendees on this edition's ticket list and the share who would return at next year's price. Event organizers set that share and hold it up against the reasons each attendee group gives.

  • The reasons attendees give for returning or skipping
  • The ticket tier each segment would buy next year
  • Revenue in reach, priced at the team's own ticket and on-site spend
Return attendance calculatorExample figures
Not yetIn reach
Attendees ready to return
6,808
Revenue in reach
1,456,912

The return attendance calculator shows the attendees ready to return and the revenue in reach.

A walkthrough on one event

A walkthrough takes one event in one market from attendee answer to the event strategy decision.

By team

Which event team owns the question?

Pick the closest fit, and the walkthrough starts from that team's question.

How it works

How Sena answers a market question

Step 01 · Capture

Capture

Sena captures geo-verified photos and consumer activity in the markets a question names, when the question needs it.

Step 02 · Read

Read

Sena reads those captures beside the files and systems already in use, across 250+ integrations.

Step 03 · Compare

Compare

Sena compares the market against the plan and shows each gap, with every figure traced to its source.

TICKET DATA AND ATTENDEE ANSWERS

Event management analytics from the attendee

AreaCommon methodSena
Host cityPast event attendance by host cityWhere attendees would travel, and when
Ticket tiersLast edition's sales by tierWhat each segment would pay per tier
Sponsor proofRecap photos and scan counts sent after the eventDated, geo-verified photos of each named placement
Attendee experienceGate scans and event app check-insThe reasons attendees give for leaving early or returning
AuditingTicketing, sponsor, and venue files reconciled by handEach count tied to a dated photo or an attendee answer

One event, one market, one decision

Talk to the Rwazi team about one event, one market, and the decision on the table this quarter.

FAQ

Questions event teams ask

01 What is event management analytics?
Event management analytics is the practice of reading ticket, attendance, sponsor, and attendee data to decide where to host, what to charge, and what to change. Sena, a Decision AI with access to real-world data, brings decision intelligence to event teams by adding consented attendee answers and geo-verified venue photos to the team's own files, so each figure traces to the answer or photo behind it.
02 Which event KPIs matter beyond ticket sales?
Beyond ticket sales, the event KPIs that shape the next edition are return intent, sponsor recall, ticket tier mix, and early exits. Return intent and recall come from attendees themselves, so Sena captures them in each market. Dated venue photos confirm the signage each recall figure refers to, and the team reads both beside its own event data.
03 How is event ROI measured?
Event ROI is the revenue an edition brings in from tickets, sponsors, and on-site sales, minus its cost, divided by that cost. Next year's revenue rests on who returns and which sponsors renew, so Sena adds the attendee answers behind both for event organizers to read beside their cost files.
04 What should event sponsorship packages include?
Event sponsorship packages set tiers by placement: naming rights, stage and booth signage, on-site activations, and digital mentions. Sponsors renew when the package proves each placement went up and attendees noticed it. Sena supplies both: dated photos of each named placement and the sponsors attendees recall, by segment and market.
05 What drives attendee engagement at an event?
Attendee engagement rises and falls with the program, the venue layout, queue times, food, and price. App check-ins show where people went, and the reasons they stayed or left early sit with the attendees. Sena captures those reasons, so the team fixes the attendee experience before the next edition.
06 How does a ticket pricing strategy set tiers?
A ticket pricing strategy sets early-bird, general, and VIP tiers from cost, last edition's sell-through, and the price each audience segment accepts. That last input comes from attendees, so Sena captures what people in each market would pay per tier before tiers go on sale.
07 Which systems does Sena connect to for event teams?
Sena connects to the systems event teams already run across 250+ integrations, including Salesforce, HubSpot, and Microsoft Dynamics, and reads uploaded Excel, CSV, and PDF files. Attendee answers and venue photos join that data, so the team's event management analytics covers ticketing, sponsors, and each attendee segment.