Your new travel guide...Marilyn Holstein takes over Hamptons Resort Maps operations.

SAG HARBOR, NY, January 20, 2011 (Press-News.org) recently announced Marilyn Holstein as the new owner of their map for the Town of East Hampton. The Sag Harbor summer resident took over the publishing of the map effective November 2010.

Resort Maps are colorful, hand-drawn maps of towns and cities, distributed free to area visitors at travel information and rest areas as well at advertiser locations. Resort Maps highlight local attractions and things to do, restaurants, accommodations, retail shops, real estate and other services in the area. Each advertiser on the map is represented with a display ad surrounding the perimeter of the map, including a color-coded grid locator and their actual building hand-drawn, highlighted and labeled, making it easy to locate.

"The Hamptons is such a huge and diverse area that it has really been underserved by having only one Resort Map," said Holstein, who also owns Resort Maps of the North Fork. "That's why we'll be creating two maps for the area to offer visitors a more thorough resource and, for our advertisers, a map that better targets potential customers."

The first edition of the Hamptons Resort Map will be published in May 2011 and will cover the Town of East Hampton, incorporating the villages of Wainscott, East Hampton, Amagansett and Montauk. A map of Southampton (covering Sag Harbor, Bridgehampton, Water Mill and Southampton) is planned for 2012.

"The East Hampton Resort Map is being completely redrawn to more accurately reflect the geography of the region," said Holstein. "The map will also be folded differently than previous versions so it will be a more convenient size to carry around."

In addition to the printed map, both Hamptons Resort Maps will also be available online at http://www.resortmaps.com. There you will also find interactive maps of the more than 100 map areas covered by Resort Maps. These interactive maps allow the viewer to see the business's advertisement and read a description of each business as they scroll over their building and to connect to the website of the business for further information.

Prior to starting the North Fork Resort Maps franchise in 2010, Holstein had a career spanning two decades in magazine publishing, including stints at Conde Nast Publications and Advanstar Communications. In her most recent position, she was the managing editor of Newsweek Budget Travel, where she directed the editorial operations of Budget Travel magazine and the new launch, Girlfriend Getaways.
For information on how to advertise on the initial East Hampton Resort Map, you can e-mail Marilyn Holstein at marilynh@resortmaps.com or call 631-655-2773.
About Resort Maps
Headquartered in the Green Mountains of Vermont, Resort Maps has been creating and publishing advertising maps in the northeastern U.S. since 1986. In 1993, Resort Maps expanded its reach by creating a franchise model for distribution of its colorful, hand-drawn maps of resort towns and cities. Today, that network of franchises has grown to more than 100 Resort Maps in publication in the US, the UK, Costa Rica and Puerto Rico, with several more in the process of being published. Nearly 20 million Resort Maps will be printed and distributed in 2010.
For more information on Resort Maps and/or the franchise opportunity, visit http://www.resortmaps.com or call 802-496-6277.