Starting this week, InterContinental Hotels & Resorts will connect guests face to face with concierge teams at 10 properties around the world using the new iPad 2 from Apple. As the first global hotel brand to equip its concierge teams with the iPad, InterContinental is committed to ensuring travelers have unparalleled access to local attractions, cultural events and “Insider” travel tips.

Trust International set the stage for growth in 2011 and unveiled its newest upgrades and product features at its exhibit booth 208, Hall 9 at ITB Berlin, the world largest tourism fair that took place from, March 9-13 in the exhibition grounds in Berlin, Germany.

Pegasus, the technology provider that connects hotels with distribution channels, is working with Google. The new Google Hotel Price Ads (HPA) program is designed to help hotels to capture direct bookings on their websites. “In a way,” said Dave Sjolander, vice president of product management, distribution services for Pegasus, “Google has incorporated hotel metasearch functionality into their core search processes by allowing entry of arrival and departure dates and deep linking to an OTA or hotel website. Hotels need to be participating so that consumers have a choice of booking through an OTA or direct with the hotel.”

Accomplishing island wide Wi-Fi access in Barbados by November 11, is the Barbados Entrepreneurship Foundation’s (BEF) first major milestone in its quest to make  “Barbados the #1 entrepreneurial hub in the world by 2020”.

TripAdvisor has introduced a new virtual tours feature for the TripAdvisor iPad app, built using augmented reality technology.

Sabre Travel Network has signed a licensing agreement with e-Travel Technologies to use its security-related content in Sabre’s Traveler Security product, giving Sabre agencies and corporations a real-time traveler tracking capability with integrated risk information specific to the traveler’s itinerary. With the new capability, agents will be able to counsel customers on the risk associated with traveling to certain locations, provide better customer service during travel disruptions, and proactively manage traveler risk should a crisis situation occur.