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Even large companies, however, are instituting some tough love. "A big dynamic this year is that corporations are getting more forceful" and mandating earlier in the implementation process, says Jeff Palmer, COO of GetThere, a Sabre Holdings company and Honeywell's booking-software vendor.

Goldman and Sommer have thought about hiring a full-time person to handle the T&E initiative. But in that case, says Sommer, they'd be paying an employee $40,000 to save money that they're already doing a good job of saving on their own.


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