Category: Cineplex

Competition Commissioner Sticks With Claims That Cineplex Uses ‘Deceptive’ Marketing

Canada’s competition commissioner is doubling down on his claims that the country’s largest cinema chain is using “deceptive marketing practices” to sell movie tickets. In a new filing with the Competition Tribunal, Matthew Boswell accused Cineplex Inc. of “mischaracterizing” the ticket purchase process again. Boswell has been alleging since May that fees applied to some…


Competition Bureau Suing Cineplex for Alleged Junk Fees for Online Tickets

The Competition Bureau is suing Cineplex for allegedly advertising misleading ticket prices, the agency said Thursday. The Bureau alleged in a press release that Cineplex is breaking the law by adding an additional fee that raises the price of its tickets purchased online. It said an investigation found that consumers can’t buy tickets online at…


Premium Tickets or Discounts? Cineplex CEO ‘Experiments’ With Ticket Price

While audiences rush back to theatres to catch “Avatar: The Way of Water” on pricey Imax screens, the head of Cineplex Inc. says he’s open to “experiments” with cheaper tickets for some movies if they might lure back people who are staying home. Chief executive Ellis Jacob said Canada’s biggest movie chain is looking at “different pricing…


Cineplex Temporarily Lays Off 6,000 Workers as Omicron Cases Shut Theatres

Cineplex Inc. is temporarily laying off 6,000 part-time employees due to mandated closures of its venues amid a rise in COVID-19 cases caused by the Omicron variant, the Canadian cinema operator said on Thursday. Globally, coronavirus cases have been rising rapidly due to the highly transmissible variant. In Canada, 36,110 new infections were reported on…