Online hotel booking website Hotels.com has launched Facebook comments functionality on its US and UK websites. Hotels.com says it is among inaugural travel launch partners for updated Facebook Comments Plug-in.

Flight search engine and destination finder WhichBudget.com has unveiled its user-generated airline rating system, which reveals the airlines travelers rank most highly. The new rating system was adopted after WhichBudget.com survey of 2000 customers revealed that over a third (37 percent) were as likely or more likely to favor the airline they favor over price.

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”.