Costs of Meetings in the Netherlands – 60 Billion Euro

The cost of all meetings in the Netherlands amounts to 60 billion Euro annually. Thirty billion are spent on meeting time; preparation time costs 16 billion; 14 billion Euro are spent on travel costs. Forty-four percent of those interviewed consider that half or more of these meetings are useless.

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