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Boomtown x Weezevent

Boomtown

Boomtown: UK’s largest independent festival goes cashless

Weezevent’s NFC cashless and access control technology was in action at Boomtown Fair 2022, (Chapter 1, The Gathering), making it the UK’s largest festival to adopt the system to date.

In action
  • 65 000 festival goers
  • 82% of online top ups
  • 1 000 cashless terminals

A Cashless Revolution at Boomtown

At the fes­ti­val, atten­dees were able to remain in touch and in con­trol of their cash­less account online, allow­ing them to eas­i­ly track their trans­ac­tions and bal­ance. The choice to cred­it their account using their phone or vis­it the cash­less bank onsite was theirs.

Com­pared to tra­di­tion­al con­tact­less pay­ment solu­tions, our cash­less sys­tem brings sig­nif­i­cant advan­tages in terms of safe­ty, con­ve­nience, and effi­cien­cy for both the fes­ti­val and its vis­i­tors. In addi­tion to the enhanced secu­ri­ty mea­sures, the use of RFID tech­nol­o­gy ensures that the cash­less sys­tem oper­ates smooth­ly with­out rely­ing sole­ly on Wi-Fi con­nec­tiv­i­ty. This seam­less cash­less expe­ri­ence great­ly ben­e­fit­ed all fes­ti­val goers and staff alike, as it reduced the time spent in queues for pay­ments, allow­ing every­one to focus on enjoy­ing the fes­ti­val itself.

Provision of improved technology to allow for a better experience.

At the fes­ti­val, atten­dees were able to remain in touch and in con­trol of their cash­less account online, allow­ing them to eas­i­ly track their trans­ac­tions and bal­ance. The choice to cred­it their account using their phone or vis­it the cash­less bank onsite was theirs.

Com­pared to tra­di­tion­al con­tact­less pay­ment solu­tions, our cash­less sys­tem brings sig­nif­i­cant advan­tages in terms of safe­ty, con­ve­nience, and effi­cien­cy for both the fes­ti­val and its vis­i­tors. In addi­tion to the enhanced secu­ri­ty mea­sures, the use of RFID tech­nol­o­gy ensures that the cash­less sys­tem oper­ates smooth­ly with­out rely­ing sole­ly on Wi-Fi con­nec­tiv­i­ty. This seam­less cash­less expe­ri­ence great­ly ben­e­fit­ed all fes­ti­val goers and staff alike, as it reduces the time spent in queues for pay­ments, allow­ing them to focus more on enjoy­ing the fes­ti­val itself.

Weezevent’s cashless solution at Boomtown

Access control for a secure event

Access con­trol at Boom­town was made easy by mobile ter­mi­nals at each of the entrances, total­ing 300 devices across the fes­ti­val. These ter­mi­nals pow­ered access con­trol at every pub­lic and pro­duc­tion gate, includ­ing the accred­i­ta­tion of staff.

To ensure a smooth oper­a­tion, our ded­i­cat­ed team onsite man­aged the equip­ment and pro­vid­ed excep­tion­al cus­tomer ser­vice. They over­saw the prop­er func­tion­ing of the mobile ter­mi­nals and assist­ed fes­ti­val atten­dees and staff with any access-relat­ed queries or con­cerns. This metic­u­lous approach to access con­trol helped cre­ate a safe and secure envi­ron­ment at Boom­town, enhanc­ing the over­all expe­ri­ence for every­one involved.

Alice Porter - Boomtown

It’s been real­ly great to have the Weezevent team here with us. To have good num­bers of those peo­ple, so they can focus on the gates, on those busy entry days, so they can be with our traders and through­out the whole of the week­end just to make sure the sys­tem is work­ing.

Alice Porter Cashless and Finance Manager @ Boomtown

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