{"id":94123,"date":"2019-01-31T11:30:18","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T16:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94123///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94123//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94123//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94123//?p=94123"},"modified":"2022-11-30T16:14:27","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T21:14:27","slug":"ucf-instructor-offers-insight-fyre-festivals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94123///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94123//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94123//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94123//ucf-instructor-offers-insight-fyre-festivals/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94123//","title":{"rendered":"UCF Instructor Offers Insight on Fyre and Other Festivals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anyone who/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94123/u2019s watched the Fyre Festival promo video probably would tell you there/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94123/u2019s no way this event could happen/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94123/u2014well, at least now they would. The video was released in January 2017  to announce an immersive music festival experience that would take place in the Bahamian island of Great Exuma during two weekends./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94123/n

Event organizers promised thousands of people/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94123/u2014who would pay $500 to $250,000 for ticket packages/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94123/u2014major musical acts, round-trip travel, luxurious villas, gourmet food and many celebrities in attendance./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94123/n

But anyone with event-management experience could have told you once the dates of the event were revealed (April 28 – 30 and May 5 – 7) there was no way anyone could pull this off./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94123/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94123/u201cThree months simply isn/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94123/u2019t enough time,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94123/u201d says Kayode D. Aleshinloye, a lecturer at UCF/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94123/u2019s Rosen College of Hospitality Management who specializes in cultural festivals and event management. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94123/u201cEspecially if you don/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94123/u2019t have previous experience or aren/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94123/u2019t working with professionals./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94123/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94123/n

Following the release of two documentaries by Netflix and Hulu, more interest has developed around how the festival’s planning failed and what could have been to make it a success./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94123/n

Here, Aleshinloye gives more insight on the Fyre Festival and festival culture:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94123/n

Is it possible to actually pull off a festival like this for 10,000 people?/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94123/n

Yes, it’s possible. The problem about the Fyre Festival was due to poor management, ineffective operational efficiency and inability to deliver what was promised to the attendees. The event was well-marketed through the social media, which is an effective marketing tool in today/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94123/u2019s world, and the response was great. Apparently, the organizers lacked the necessary experience in event operations and management. They could have hire event-management professionals or organizers who could have managed the operational and delivery part of the event successfully./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94123/n