Your (benchmark) partner for business travel

Elevate your Corporate Travel Management


What we are providing


We help Travel Managers and Travel Buyers operate confidently in a complex, often non-transparent business travel landscape by providing deep-level insights through live auditing and detailed benchmarking of price and performance. This includes tools such as our TMC and Airfare Benchmark Dashboards, as well as continuous auditing of ticket prices.

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Customer Satisfaction


Our Passion



What drives us every day is our passion for helping Travel Managers take back control in a business travel world that’s only getting more complex.


 Sometimes it almost feels like suppliers deliberately add extra layers of mystery with fee structures, booking classes, and NDC, making it easy to lose sight of what really matters.


But that’s exactly where our passion kicks in. We thrive on cutting through the fog and bringing clarity.


With over 20 years of experience, we genuinely enjoy diving deep into the details, uncovering insights, and turning complex data into clear, visual tools that empower you to make smart, stress-free decisions.





Meet Our Team



Jan-Arie den Hertog

Travel Manager & Owner of Lean Travel Management


With nearly 20 years of experience in the business travel industry, I combine practical expertise with a passion for numbers, benchmarking, and dashboards. What excites me most is not just providing our corporate clients with valuable insights based on data, but also helping them take concrete actions to reduce costs and improve processes.



Irma Rinkel

Freelance Travel Manager


I firmly believe in partnership and transparency across the corporate travel value chain. With over 25 years of experience on both the TMC and corporate sides, I bring a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities in business travel. My focus is on creating value by optimizing the traveller experience while ensuring cost efficiency and strategic alignment with corporate goals.



Angela Meulmeester

Freelance Travel Manager


With over 25 years of experience in business travel, I specialize in conducting live price audits and benchmarking. These services are especially relevant now, given the rise of NDC and increasing airline content fragmentation. I help clients gain clarity and control in a rapidly changing landscape



Henno Stuurman

Freelance Data Analyst & Project Manager


I truly get excited when I can solve complex data challenges and provide my clients with insights through dashboards, always with the goal of enabling data-driven decision-making.

How do we work

At Lean Travel Management, we start with thoroughly understanding your needs. Our approach involves detailed customer needs assessment and problem analysis to ensure we deploy the right (benchmark) methodologies and tools. Throughout our collaboration, we adhere to our core values: integrity, honesty, and transparency, making your success a steadfast commitment in every aspect of our partnership.

Our benchmark principles


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Efficient benchmark process without unnecessary steps

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Benchmarking data is anonymized and aggregated, with no link to specific companies, airlines or travel agencies

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We always adhere to our code of conduct.

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Total years experience

in travel management

+20

Client

 entities we serve

+15

Point

of sale countries

21