<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><ns2:project xmlns:ns1="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api" xmlns:ns2="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project" xmlns:ns3="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/fund" xmlns:ns4="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/person" xmlns:ns5="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project/outcome" xmlns:ns6="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/organisation" ns1:created="2026-06-03T15:52:43Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/projects/5D853F84-73F6-4229-9E01-11ABC129BF72" ns1:id="5D853F84-73F6-4229-9E01-11ABC129BF72"><ns1:links><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/persons/C49104A0-3090-4DCE-9F60-DA4FA0124FD1" ns1:rel="PM_PER"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/57B1F2A6-CC69-479F-8610-175E6FDF284F" ns1:rel="LEAD_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/57B1F2A6-CC69-479F-8610-175E6FDF284F" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:end="2022-03-30T23:00:00Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/funds/5DE9F0FF-6CBF-41D7-A0F0-E8ED0DE6A09B" ns1:rel="FUND" ns1:start="2021-09-30T23:00:00Z"/></ns1:links><ns2:identifiers><ns2:identifier ns2:type="RCUK">10013390</ns2:identifier></ns2:identifiers><ns2:title>Expanding functionality of booking system to turn it into a B2B SAAS application, enabling UK festival operators to increase margins by &amp;pound;73 per attendee.</ns2:title><ns2:status>Closed</ns2:status><ns2:grantCategory>Responsive Strategy and Planning</ns2:grantCategory><ns2:leadFunder>Innovate UK</ns2:leadFunder><ns2:abstractText>The UK festival industry is huge, with live music contributing &amp;pound;1.1bn to UK GDP, music tourism contributing &amp;pound;4.2bn to the UK economy, and growing at 12.5% p.a. 

However, revenue generation tools for the industry are insufficient. Whilst individuals will spend around &amp;pound;350 per trip at festivals, 36% of the revenue is captured by third parties (such as Airbnb &amp;amp; Trainline). 

Mainstage will expand existing IP to build a &amp;quot;booking system creator&amp;quot; to enable festivals to sell full travel packages to customers through their own branded booking system.</ns2:abstractText></ns2:project>