Also a bit done with all the video calls? Nothing can compete with a physical meeting, where there is eye contact and interactive brainstorming. On June 1, most meeting companies reopened their doors and as of today (July 1) there are no longer any restrictions on the number of attendees at meetings, as long as a distance of 1,5 meters is maintained and a health check is done. The Netherlands Meetingland has started again: Back in Meetings! We are happy to tell you about the developments that have taken place at Onemeeting.com in the past period. You can also contact us this summer for (catching up on) meetings. Our Meeting Experts are ready for you!

Over the past months, we introduced our colleagues in “Welcome Home” on our socials. In it she told what their home situation looks like now that they have to work at home and how they deal with this. We noticed that this was very different for everyone.

Never Waste a Great Space

We started the campaign in mid-April Never Waste a Great Space; an ode to all locations that play an important, inspiring role for meetings. To support these locations during this difficult period, we offer free connection to our platform for the first three months. Onemeeting.com stands in solidarity with all meeting locations, conference centers, hotels and event centers in the Netherlands: Join the family! This promotion is still running. So do you know a location that could use this helping hand? Do let them know!

Launch 1M5 Meeting Distance label

In order to quickly provide clients, bookers and customers of locations with clarity about the implementation of the RIVM guidelines, we announced the 1M5 label launched. It is great to see how enthusiastically locations respond to this, every location wants to show that they have worked hard over the past few weeks to implement the guidelines and are therefore ready to receive guests. Already are now over 500 locations in possession of this label.

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. Simply working with percentages based on the current setup is not enough in our industry.

Our Meeting Solutions Managers Kevin, Lucie, Susan and Ingrid will be up in the coming weeks 1M5 Meeting Distance Tour. They visit different locations to see how the locations are set up according to the guidelines and of course for a nice cup of coffee. So Susan is already there Eye Film Museum en Postillion Hotels been, Lucie with Theater Buitensoos in Zwolle and Ingrid Kapellerput in Heeze.

The lack of physical gatherings

Also at our Onemeeting.com office in Amersfoort we notice that physical meetings really have added value. We have been doing our MT consultations via Skype for weeks. Fortunately, we have been meeting again at the office for three weeks (at 1M5 Meeting Distance of course) and we enjoy each other's presence. Emotions are shared more easily and jokes are made faster. Everything a (work) family needs to be able to work hard together and to create the optimal feeling of home.

Are you looking for a location that is fully equipped according to the guidelines? Or do you want to get together physically with the team again this summer? Our Meeting experts are happy to help you find the right location, they can be reached via 0800 – 250 60 60, by mail via [email protected] or via the chat on our website. You can recognize these locations by the 1M5 Meeting Distance tag.