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RFID Wristbands: What's Hot For Festival Coordinators

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

SureImage SecurSnap Full Color Wristbands for Premium Venues and Events, the newset arrival to Precision Dynamics’ VIP Band product line for entertainment facilities, are available to check out at the IFEA’s annual convention and Expo in Atlanta.

The expo, which draws festival and event coordinators, will take place Sept. 20-21 at the Omni Hotel’s CNN Center.



Precision Dynamics Showcases VIP(R) Band and Smart Band(R) RFID Wristband Technology at the 52nd IFEA Conference

SAN FERNANDO, CA–(Marketwire - September 12, 2007) - IFEA Booth #600 – Precision Dynamics Corporation (PDC), the global leader in RFID wristband solutions and wristband identifications, will showcase their successful product line of VIP® Band Wristbands and Smart Band® RFID Wristband solutions at the 52nd IFEA (International Festivals and Events Association) Annual Convention & Expo, September 20-21, 2007 at the Omni Hotel, CNN Center in Atlanta GA.

For over 30 years, PDC’s VIP® Band (formerly ‘Visa Band’) has provided the leisure and entertainment industry the widest selection of plastic, vinyl, and Tyvek wristbands. VIP® Band Wristbands provide venues with highly visible non-transferable identification for admissions, access control, group ID, and more.

PDC is also the first in the industry to develop and patient the Smart Band® RFID Solution – which is now the catalyst for many RFID implementations. PDC Smart Band® RFID Wristbands, Smart Kiosk™ and PDC Smart® Readers, provide venues with an RFID Cashless Point-of-Sale (POS) Payment System and more. IFEA attendees will have the opportunity to see the products first hand, plus receive valuable demonstrations with the bands and their usage in RFID technology.

PDC Smart Band® RFID Wristbands, Smart Kiosk™ and PDC Smart® Readers provide added conveniences including cashless point-of-sale (POS), purchasing food and beverages with Smart Band®’s contactless payment feature … and more.

SureImage™ SecurSnap® Full Color Wristbands for Premium Venues and Events – added in August of 2007 to PDC’s popular VIP® Band product line for leisure and entertainment markets, they are manufactured exclusively by PDC using the latest technology and offer promotional benefits which allow venues/events to place their brands immediately on thousands of people at a time, attracting sponsorship opportunities and maximizing brand image by creating event/venue or product ‘buzz.’ [end] 

Oberthur Technologies has announced that it will provide its contactless FlyBuy stickers to MasterCard for tap and go payment at festivals and events.

Equipped with MasterCard PayPass technology, the contactless payment stickers were integrated into the wristbands worn by MasterCard selected VIPs at the UK’s Isle of Wight Festival in June. The wristbands enabled contactless payments within the festival facilities in a convenient and secure way for the selected VIPs.

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Intellitix has announced two key appointments and a new UK office to focus on the European festival market in 2012. This comes after Intellitix activated more than 1 million RFID wristbands in North America this summer.

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Event planners at the Glastonbury contemporary performing arts festival are considering the use of electronic RFID wristbands at next year’s hosted event, according to Spacelab.

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MasterCard and Central Catering Services have announced the successful deployment of contactless wristbands at the Isle of Wight Festival last weekend.

Launched for the first time in the UK, the PayPass-enabled wristbands allowed festival goers in the VIP area to make contactless purchases at Central Catering’s bar and Jamie Oliver’s ‘Fabulous Feast’ restaurant.

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Smart Communications, a mobile operator based in the Philippines, has announced the launch of its new Smart Money “Tap2Pay” mobile payments solution.

The first service of its kind in the Philippines, Tap2Pay lets users make payments with a simple tap of their NFC-enabled phone at the point of sale.

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2012 will be a break out year for cashless music festivals, thanks to the success of contactless wristbands at the 2011 Isle of Wight Festival in June, reports NFC World.

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