About Visit New England

Mystic Media Inc. Mystic Media, Inc. was formed in November 1993 to purchase the Mystic River Press, a start-up weekly newspaper in Mystic, Connecticut. The company is solely owned by Jonathan A. Lhowe, president. In 1996 Mystic Media began developing additional media products. In January 1997 work began on developing regional travel and tourism Internet web sites. The company’s first site was Visit Mystic (www.visitmystic.com). The site contains extensive information that is useful for people planning travel to the area. It is supported by advertising. Revenue is produced by selling listings and links, as well as banner ads, to businesses seeking tourism dollars. Among the categories of advertiser are lodgings, retail, restaurants, attractions and charter boats. Since 1996 Mystic Media built additional "visit" sites. Specifically: Visit New England (http://www.visitnewengland.com) Visit Vermont (http://www.visit-vermont.com) Visit Rhode Island (http://www.visitri.com) Visit Maine (http://www.visit-maine.com) Visit Newport (http://www.visitnewport.com) Visit New Hampshire (http://www.visit-newhampshire.com) Visit Connecticut (http://www.visitconnecticut.com) Visit Massachusetts (http://www.visit-massachusetts.com) Visit Mystic (http://www.visitmystic.com) Visit Cape Cod (http://www.visit-capecod.com) Visit Boston (http://www.visit-boston.com) Visit Providence (http://www.visitprovidence.com.) On July 31, 1997 Mystic Media divested itself of its non-Internet properties so it could concentrate exclusively on the travel and tourism web sites. As of March 2005 Visit New England has contracted over 800 advertisers on its sites. The response from both advertisers and viewers is universally positive. Mystic Media is located in Warwick, Rhode Island Voice - 1.401.921.3000 * email - info@visitnewengland.com