V227 | Release Notes - March 2026

Beta: Monday 16 March, 2026 Full Client Release: Mon 23 & Tue 24 March, 2026

🎉 What’s new in Release 227?

🚀 Your website is getting a serious speed and security upgrade

• CDN (Content Delivery Network) rollout has begun across CultureSuite sites

• Once live on your site, content will be delivered from the closest of 119 global locations to your visitor – faster for everyone

• Pages load faster for everyone, especially during high-traffic on-sales

• Extra protection against DDoS attacks, bots, and malicious activity

• GDPR compliant – our CDN partner is a European company

• If CultureSuite manages your DNS, we are in the process of updating this for you.

• If your DNS is managed by you or elsewhere, we will be in touch to walk through the small change needed.

🗑️ Reset all presale access dates in one click

• Delete all past on-sale access dates across all visitor tags in a single action

• No more hunting through each tag individually before your next on-sale

• Look for the reset option in your Visitor Tags settings

• One click clears all past on-sale access dates across all tags

📱 Stronger e-ticket security with SMS verification

• Phone numbers are now validated in international format for reliable SMS delivery worldwide

• Updated to new Bird SMS API for more robust, scalable SMS sending

• Configure the Bird API connection

• Check “SMS verification” on your event in the CMS

For Spektrix venues

🎓 Import your Spektrix memberships directly to your website

• The Spektrix Upsell part now includes a new ready-to-go Membership option

• Launch membership upsell CTAs in minutes, styled automatically in your venue's branding

• Built on the same Parameter editor technology that's transforming the rest of your CMS – works straight out of the box with click-and-go setup

• No design work required, no technical configuration. Just add the part and start promoting memberships

• Add the Spektrix Upsell part to any Page in your CMS.

• Customise the messaging and styling to match your venue

For Tessitura venues

📅 Smart pricing imports, scheduled daily

• New price updater for Tessitura v16 imports prices for a specific Mode of Sale (MOS)

• Can be scheduled to run automatically every day

• Can also be triggered manually whenever you need a fresh update

• Contact our Customer Success team to configure the Mode of Sale you would like to use and set up your daily schedule.

• Import manually whenever you need it

For Tixly venues

🏷️ Keep presale visibility dates fresh automatically

• From–to dates for price visibility now imported automatically from Tixly.

• Presale pricing stays accurate without manual updates.

🔐 E-tickets in Apple and Google Wallet

• CultureSuite e-tickets can now be viewable in your visitors' online accounts

• Visitors will be able to add tickets to Apple and Google Wallet

• Ticket sharing between visitors is coming soon too

• Switch on “order history” in your control panel

• Activate e-tickets and wallet options in “e-tickets” in your control panel

How Ticket Sharing is Revolutionising Arts Marketing – CultureSuite Article

Developed with Dutch National Opera & Ballet, CultureSuite's innovative Ticket Sharing feature is transforming audience data collection and marketing capabilities for arts venues while enhancing the patron experience.

https://www.culturesuite.co/resources/articles/how-ticket-sharing-is-revolutionising-arts-marketing

⚙️ Additional fixes & improvements

• New fine-grained permissions for API keys – limit access to sensitive data more precisely. This also lays the groundwork for the CRM API, coming soon.

• Apple and Google Wallet options now available for shared tickets.

• Visitor registration direct URL fixed for visitors who are already registered.

• In simple What's On filters, previously selected values are now retained when adding more filters.

• New search option when adding items in multi-select boxes across the new CMS – much easier to find what you're looking for.

• New CMS media gallery: click any image in the side panel to download the original file.

• Fixed availability date inputs in price types.

• Fixed: Duplicating pages was throwing an error, now resolved.

• Fixed missing hall/location information in mailings.

• Fixed: Subsite backlink now appears correctly on all page variants.

• Fixed: Stories part with filter was showing random results instead of the correct ones.

• Fixed: Sorting people on a production page now works as expected.

• Fixed: Error when removing an automated mailing.

• Fixed: Radius styling on dark-mode toggle.

• Fixed Eventim importer out-of-memory issue.

• Arrows no longer appear on carousels when all items are already visible.

• Payment system upgraded to Pay v3 API.

• Fixed incorrect text on "My vouchers" overview for Ticketmatic vouchers.