JULY 2013 Intellitix deploys world’s first fully integrated RFID festival, debuting the IntelliPay Cashless Payment System in Hungary Intellitix, the world’s leading RFID solutions company for live events, launched the industry’s most advanced cashless payment system last month. Harley Davidson’s key European event, Open Road Festival, became the first in the world to adopt Intellipay, using RFID for cashless payment across the site, as well as for all access control and social media integration. A video case study of Open Road Festival can be viewed below. [embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4aQ-4i0Z_8[/embedyt] The 5-9 June event, which took place at Lake Balaton in Hungary, saw thousands of motorcycle and music fans register and top up their RFID wristbands online or at dedicated booths around the site. With Intellipay cashless terminals at every food, bar and merchant points, patrons were able to simply and quickly transact around the site, and keep track of their spending online. All attendees including general admission, staff and VIPs were issued with RFID wristbands (supplied by ID&C) which were also used to enter and exit the site, and to instantly post status updates and photos from various sponsor zones and other areas to their Facebook walls. Adding extra security, bike license plate numbers were stored on their owner’s wristbands to ensure only the owners could leave site with the bike. “The speed of the system really worked for us, as well as the transparency for both visitors and merchants,” says head promoter Attila Dobai. “Most of our crowd had never seen an RFID wristband before, but everyone found it easy to use, and despite being a 24-hour festival with some heavy pressure on the bars at peak times, Intellipay more than stood up to the challenge.” “By adopting Intellipay and being the world’s first fully integrated RFID festival, Open Road has set a new standard for RFID at live events, and shown us a vision of the consumer experience of the future,” says Intellitix CEO Serge Grimaux. “Everyone at Intellitix is immensely proud to have been involved in raising the bar to new heights, as we strive to improve and better the live event experience for all involved.“ While Open Road was the first fully cashless festival to adopt Intellipay this summer, Intellitix has also since successfully deployed site-wide Intellipay systems at both Stavernfestivalen (11-13 July) and Slottsfjell (18-20 July) in Norway. About Intellitix Intellitix is the leading global provider of RFID access control and cashless payment systems for live events. Since 2011 the company has activated over 4 million RFID tags at music festivals and live events. Headquartered in Montreal, Canada, and with offices also in the UK, Australia and USA, Intellitix technology cuts queues to a minimum and eradicates ticket fraud and unwanted resale, while its social media tools more closely connect promoters and brands with their audience. In 2013 alone, Intellitix has deployed RFID solutions at festivals including Coachella and Bonnaroo (US), UEFA Champions Festival and Barclaycard British Summertime (UK), Bluesfest, Festimania and Festival d’Été Quebec (Canada) and worked with brands including Ford, Spotify, HTC, Sony, Gazprom, PlayStation, UniCredit, adidas and Red Bull.]]>