CONVIEN

CONVIEN, based in Munich, helps organisations decide where a meeting or event should take place. Its Smart Meeting Location Planner starts from where each attendee is coming from and tests candidate cities against large sets of travel data. It then ranks the options by travel and hotel costs, carbon output and time lost to travel, for gatherings from two people up to 30,000.

What CONVIEN offers

• Concierge service — the client sends attendee departure points and possible dates, and CONVIEN runs the analysis.
• Self-service platform — a web tool that can be built into a company's own IT systems.
• Outlook add-in — the Meeting Place Finder inside the Microsoft Outlook calendar.
• Location reports — CO2, travel and hotel cost and productivity figures for each candidate city.
• Trade fair analysis — comparison of several fair options in parallel.

Who it works with

The tool suits employers and other bodies whose staff, clients or partners meet face to face. The firm shares a case study with a DAX-listed company and a quote from a Siemens manager, and names Microsoft, HRS, Amadeus and ClimatePartner as partners.

Key facts

• Based in: Munich, Germany
• Partners: Microsoft, HRS, Amadeus, ClimatePartner
• Event size: from 2 to 30,000 attendees