PRESS RELEASE
Amersfoort, 25 May 2020
1M5 new label for 1,5 meter Meeting Distance
Most meeting companies will open their doors again on 1 June. After the lockdown since March 15, the meeting and conference locations are now preparing for the reopening. Guests and locations are looking forward to further relaxation of government measures and the regulations of the various security regions. The Netherlands Meetingland is starting again. To quickly provide clients, bookers and customers of meeting and conference centers with clarity about the implementation of the RIVM guidelines, Onemeeting.com is launching a new label for the New Meeting Normal: 1M5.
New Meeting Normal
1M5 is a quality label that indicates that a meeting or conference company has fully implemented the 1,5 meter regulations. At the request of bookers and meeting customers, booking platform Onemeeting.com quickly provides clarity and insight into the companies that have adapted to the RIVM guidelines. These companies often have drawn up their own local protocols, apart from the general industry agreements. These are immediately visible on the booking platform. The 1M5 label can also be used physically in the location to clarify the 1,5 Meeting Distance.
Clarity and perspective
“The phone is ringing with customers wanting to know if they can organize gatherings like meetings again. The central question then is which locations have already been set up in accordance with the guidelines of the RIVM”, says Madeloes van Rooijen-Karremans, Director of Onemeeting.com. Madeloes continues: “To show the market, our customers and the government that the meeting industry is ready, we are launching the 1M5 Meeting Distance label. With this label you can see at a glance which locations meet the requirements. The 1M5 filter can also be used to filter at suitable locations at facilities.”
“We have asked all our location partners to share their implementation of the 1,5 meter guidelines with us and to add the new room setups so that we can publish it on our website and share it with our (national) customers and bookers. This way there is always a realistic and safe picture of the number of people in the room”, says Kevin van Grondelle, Commercial Manager Onemeeting.com.
Location partners
Esmee Boogaerdt 't Hooft, Conference Manager of The Office Operators (TOO) is connected to Onemeeting.com: “Meeting at one and a half meters, let's frame that. Onemeeting.com helps us with that, to show customers that we adhere to the guidelines.”
Kirsten Hulscher, Sales Director MICE, Business Unit Northern Europe of NH Hotel Group: “With the 1M5 label from Onemeeting.com, it is clear at a glance to planners and bookers of meetings that safe and comfortable meetings can take place at NH hotels. The label will be awarded to locations that have taken the necessary measures. NH Hotel Group has tightened up its operational processes and is taking new measures to ensure maximum safety of guests and employees in all NH hotels. The label is nice, because it provides the meeting industry with a clear overview of all safe meeting locations in the Netherlands, so that a suitable choice can easily be made with a safety guarantee.”
Ingrid van der Wal-Koek, Director of Onemeeting Hotels & Meeting Centers: “Video conferencing and training has made a huge advance in recent times, an understandable consequence in these times of working from home, but the desire to meet each other is great. We notice from our regular clients that trainers, participants, colleagues and business relations would like to meet physically again”. She continues: “Our own team is also eager to welcome guests again and give them a fantastic day.” To be able to do this in accordance with the applicable RIVM guidelines and the social distancing standard of 1,5 meters, Onemeeting has developed the Meeting Hygienics concept. “A hygiene formula consisting of seven basic measures that relate to the entire customer journey and with which we ensure a safe meeting environment,” explains Ingrid.
Read all about the 1M5 label here
About Onemeeting.com is Home of Meetings
Onemeeting.com is a digital booking platform for all types of meetings and concludes business meeting contracts with corporate customers and (semi) government institutions. The vision of the company is that people continue to meet each other, especially in a digital society. The mission is to bring people together. Always and everywhere. And that under the theme Home of Meetings.
Information about Onemeeting.com can be found at www.Onemeeting.com. More information about the 1M5 label can be found at www.onemeeting.com/1M5. For more information, images and interviews, please contact:
Luc van Bussel, Founder/CEO can be reached at: [email protected] or +31 6 45 00 24 68
Madeloes van Rooijen-Karremans, Director can be reached at: [email protected] or +31 6 12 65 85 79
Kevin van Grondelle, Commercial Manager can be reached at: [email protected] or +31 6 41 51 15 65