More UK music festivals go cashless
Jika Jika! Festival partnered with Event Genius to become the first 100% cashless event in Northern Ireland, with 2000 Trees in England relying on a PlayPass solution
News By IQ | 6 September 2018
The Cotswolds’ 2000 Trees has become the latest UK festival to go 100% cashless with a PlayPass-supplied RFID system.
The 10,000-capacity, three-day event – whose most recent edition was held from 12 to 14 July 2018 – deployed 100 point-of-sale terminals across 55 sales outlets, with visitors incentivised to pre-register and load funds before the festival with a £10 or £15 bonus credit if they topped up £100 and £150, respectively.
Festival director Andy Rea reported a “significant” increase in bar sales, along with a reduction in queueing times, with transaction times down…
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