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💳 myPOS, a London-based fintech, acquired Toporder, a French leader in cash registers, strengthening its position in retail and restaurant sectors in France. Toporder, established in 2019 in Lyon, will enhance myPOS's integrated payment and management solutions, focusing on small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) growth. Mario Shiliashki, CEO of myPOS, emphasized the move's intent to offer cutting-edge technology to help clients save time and money, boosting their businesses.

💻 Amadeus, a global travel technology leader, invested in hivr.ai, an innovative startup providing AI solutions that automate sales of meetings and group events across distribution channels. The technology enables hotels to streamline processes, shorten sales cycles, and significantly increase revenue from meetings and groups. Meetings and groups account for over one-third of hotel nights worldwide. However, the sales process is manual, resource-intensive, and slow, with proposals often sent after 48 to 96 hours, resulting in only 10-20% of inquiries leading to bookings and up to 70% of meeting planners not receiving any proposal.

🏨 Accor launches Travel Pros, a new B2B online group booking platform, providing access to over 2,000 hotels across more than 75 countries. It supports instant bookings in 1,300+ hotels and tender processes in 700+ hotels, with confirmation within 24 hours using the latest API technologies to display real-time room availability. Travel Pros offers unmatched choice of Accor brands and room options to meet group travel needs.