Marijke Poppink

Marijke Poppink brings 30 years of extensive experience in the business travel industry.

She started as an IATA/Business Travel consultant and then set up the internal travel department for Elsevier. At Elsevier and later RELX, she worked as EMEA Travel Manager for 17 years. She was responsable for organizing business travel and managing the travel policy. This included; procurement of airline, hotel, travel agent and online booking tool contracts; implementing and training in online booking systems; creating and maintaining the travel policy, the internal website, internal communications and involving all stakeholders.

Marijke is characterized by her holistic approach, her love for data, innovation and technology and her passion for sustainability in the broadest sense of the word. She is analytical, critical and detailed, thinks differently, loves improving processes and connecting people. It is her goal to create a win/win situation for all parties involved, both internal and external, buyer and supplier, traveler, manager and assistants.

She has organised workshops and buyer-only meetings for the BTM (Business Travel & Mobility) Club and is a regular speaker at conferences, such as the Business Travel Show in London and previously at ACTE.

Since the end of 2017, Marijke has been acting as an independent consultant for various global companies. She enjoys sharing her knowledge with as many people as possible. Currently, her focus is on advising on sustainable travel policies and programs, encouraging companies to do the maximum they can and not the minimum that is expected of them, resulting in real change.

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Since October 2023, is acting as Managing Director a.i. for CORTAS, the Corporate Travel Association, an association for travel managers of global companies in the Netherlands.

Her motto: Ignorance is your greatest handicap!