CONVIEN Outlook Addin

CONVIEN Outlook Addin is a calendar add-in for Microsoft Outlook that helps organisers pick where a meeting should be held. It compares the home locations of the attendees and suggests a city that balances travel cost, journey time and carbon emissions. It is aimed at companies that want to curb the cost and environmental impact of business travel.

What CONVIEN Outlook Addin offers

• Meeting Place Finder — calculates a suggested meeting location from where each participant starts and the dates being considered.
• Outlook integration — runs inside the calendar, so the organiser can plan, invite and schedule attendees in the same workflow.
• Cost and emissions comparison — weighs travel and hotel costs against CO2 output for each candidate city.
• Booking engine — lets users go on to book flights and accommodation through an online tool.
• Trade fair analysis — the web platform can also compare locations around parallel trade fairs.

Who it works with

Corporate travel and meeting planners, including large listed companies that hold many multi-participant meetings.

Key facts

• Based in: Munich, Germany
• Platform: Microsoft Outlook add-in plus a web-based platform that can fit into a company's IT setup