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Travel companies are getting smarter and quicker at using social media to tap into the power of the second screen during large viewing events. This Super Bowl will be a battle of the brands as much as the teams.

Hotels hoped for packed hotels with high room rates, but ample inventory, fewer than anticipated guests, and the popularity of non-traditional lodging options are prompting hotels to lower rates to attract guests before the big day.

Denver and Seattle's playful fight is setting a new precedent for airports looking to engage with their flyers and support their cities.

Apart from the ironies in Governor Chris Christie's indirect involvement in a traffic website, this Super Bowl traffic website sucks. The interactive map looks like Web 1.0, it is difficult to get directions, and the FAQ is about important and relevant things such as which government department oversees insurance companies. Lousy effort, New Jersey.

Moral of the story? People who are really coming to the area to attend the Super Bowl should stay in New Jersey, where hotel rates are much cheaper. But, then they won't be as conveniently positioned to attend all of the hoopla in New York City.

As a rookie, New York Giants safety only makes around $405,000 per year so he and his girlfriend are looking to pick up a few extra bucks, $9,000 actually, by renting out their rented apartment for Super Bowl week. Quarterback Eli Manning's Hoboken, New Jersey digs aren't on the market for the week, as far as we know.

Super Bowl attendees will need more than this map to navigate the region's far from well-designed transit network. However, this and MTA's Weekender map show a slowly improving design sensibility within the transit agencies.

The 2014 Super Bowl will bring a huge bump in tourism to one of the regions most impacted by Hurricane Sandy, and raise awareness of the neighborhood offering picture-perfect views of Manhattan.

You have to admire the scrappiness of a small tourism board to jump on this high-profile platform to market themselves, come what may.

Hotels in New Orleans enjoy high occupancy rates almost year-old due to the destination’s abundance of events and conferences, but the combination of Mardi Gras and the Super Bowl is giving the city’s hotel industry an unprecedented boost.