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Meeting planning, sustainable business travel and what is new at Convien.
37 articles
Meeting planning5 min readAlternative dates: how the date changes cost and CO2
How the meeting date changes travel cost and CO2: fares, trade fairs and hotel availability, and how to compare up to three dates.
Meeting planning6 min readHow to calculate the true travel cost of a meeting
How to calculate the travel cost of a meeting door to door: fares, hotels, transfers and time, with a worked example and hard savings vs avoided cost.
Meeting planning5 min readDoor to door: why travel time decides productivity
Why door-to-door travel time, not flight time, decides productivity on business travel, and how to choose meeting locations that protect working hours.
Sustainability6 min readETS2 and business travel: what changes for meetings
ETS2 explained: what the EU's new emissions trading for road fuels covers, when it starts, and how meeting location limits your travel cost risk.
Meeting planning7 min readFair travel: balancing journeys across attendees
How to choose a fair meeting location for distributed teams: see who travels longest, balance travel time and weigh it against cost and CO2.
Meeting planning6 min readHotel groups: winning group business with location data
How hotel groups win MICE group business with location data: show a group why your city is the best place to meet, and keep more budget on site.
Meeting planning6 min readHow to choose a meeting location: the complete guide
How to choose a meeting location: the criteria that matter, a seven-step process and the common mistakes, from attendee origins to hotels and dates.
Meeting planning7 min readLocation analysis in agency pitches
Location analysis for event agency pitches: travel cost, CO2 and travel time for every destination option, in your brand, billable to the client.
Meeting planning6 min readJustifying a meeting location to purchasing
How to document a meeting location decision for purchasing: benchmark vs chosen location, hard savings vs avoided cost and a savings report to share.
Product news5 min readMeeting place finder vs venue finder: the difference
Meeting place finder vs venue finder: one decides the best city from where attendees travel, the other finds the venue there. How they work together.
Product news6 min readPlanning meetings from Outlook
Plan meetings in Outlook and decide where to meet from the calendar: how our Outlook add-in ranks locations, installs from AppSource and handles privacy.
Sustainability6 min readSBTi targets and meeting travel
How SBTi targets cover business travel, why meeting location cuts Scope 3 travel emissions without cancelling meetings, and how to measure progress.
Sustainability7 min readScope 3 category 6: measuring the CO2 of meeting travel
Scope 3 category 6 covers business travel. How to measure the CO2 of meetings, which data you need, and how to cut it before anyone books.
Meeting planning6 min readMeeting location advice as a TMC service
How a TMC can add meeting location advice to its meetings and events services: pre-trip advice on where to meet, the booking kept, savings reported.
Meeting planning3 min readMeeting location optimizer: connect all stakeholders
Discover how a data-driven meeting location optimizer connects stakeholders, reduces costs, cuts CO₂, and improves productivity.
Meeting planning2 min readMeeting Point Finder: how global teams find the best meeting city
Discover how Convien’s Meeting Place Finder helps global teams choose the most efficient, cost-effective, and sustainable meeting city using data, not guesswork.
Meeting planning1 min readWhat is strategic meeting management and why it’s key to sustainable business travel
Learn how Strategic Meeting Management Programs (SMMP) help organizations make business travel sustainable, measurable, and cost-efficient.
Sustainability1 min readMeeting travel: how companies can reduce costs and CO₂ without sacrificing productivity
Discover how data-driven meeting travel planning helps global teams cut costs and emissions while keeping collaboration strong.
Meeting planning1 min readMeeting cost calculators: how much are your business trips really costing?
Discover how much business meetings truly cost, and how Convien helps reduce expenses, CO2 and wasted time with data-driven location planning.
Meeting planning1 min readWhy "meeting time zone planners" aren’t enough for global teams
You’re planning across time zones, but what if the right location matters even more? Discover how Convien helps teams find the ideal meeting city.
Sustainability2 min readHow to reduce business travel CO₂ without canceling important meetings
Many companies aim to cut travel emissions, but canceling meetings isn't the solution. Discover how data-driven location planning reduces CO2 and keeps teams connected.
Sustainability2 min readNavigating sustainability reporting: the CSRD’s impact on business transparency
The winds of change are blowing in the corporate world, and the forecast is clear: sustainability is no longer just a buzzword; it’s a core business…
Meeting planning2 min readThe human touch in business: why in-person meetings still matter
In a world increasingly dominated by virtual interactions, the value of a genuine, face-to-face encounter cannot be overstated.
Product news3 min readPress release: new partnership with Meetingselect
MUNICH, 5 September 2023: Convien GmbH is ecstatic to announce our new partnership with Meetingselect, the world’s leading marketplace for meetings,…
Sustainability3 min readThe power of data-driven decisions in sustainable meeting planning
In today’s fast-paced, global business world, corporate meetings play a pivotal role in decision-making, collaboration, innovation, and cultural…
Product news1 min readEnd-to-end processing of meeting travel with Amadeus Cytric
From the Outlook invitation straight to the Cytric Online Booking Engine: how Convien and Amadeus Cytric connect meeting planning and travel booking.
Sustainability2 min readAre you already reducing or are you still compensating?
The topic of sustainability in corporate mobility is broad, extremely important and, unfortunately, is still treated by many companies as it was at the…
Sustainability2 min readSustainability by and with process optimization
Promoting sustainability in companies is closely linked to increasing efficiency.
Interviews4 min readSustainable business travel expert interview: Prof. Dr. Harald Zeiss
Our 2021 expert interview on sustainable business travel with Prof. Dr. Harald Zeiss.
Interviews4 min readSustainable business travel expert interview: Helmut Stiglbauer
Our 2021 expert interview on sustainable business travel with Helmut Stiglbauer.
Interviews6 min readSustainable business travel expert interview: Horst Bayer
Our 2021 expert interview on sustainable business travel with Horst Bayer.
Product news1 min readCO2 reduction, powered by atmosfair
atmosfair and Convien are now partners: emission calculation by atmosfair in the Meeting Place Finder, and CO2 figures according to the VDR standard.
Sustainability3 min readSustainable business travel
If you search for it on the Internet, you will get a wealth of results with valuable information on how CO2 emissions can be reduced or avoided on…
Meeting planning1 min readDuty of care in meeting organization processes
A duty of care is a legal duty to take reasonable care not to cause harm to another person that could be reasonably foreseen.
Meeting planning2 min readStrategic meeting management programs
Businesses often have vague meeting management and therefore often lose track of the organization of meetings and events. In that case, an SMMP is needed.
Meeting planning2 min readMaverick buyers
Knowledge is power, especially when it comes to business travel. Running a successful meeting is a big challenge for many.