{"id":4485,"date":"2021-08-25T11:46:45","date_gmt":"2021-08-25T11:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.designerjourneys.com?p=4485"},"modified":"2021-12-16T10:55:29","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T10:55:29","slug":"a-letter-from-our-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.designerjourneys.com\/blog\/a-letter-from-our-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"A Letter From Our CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">\r\n<p>To our curious Travellers,<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>I am incredibly excited to officially announce our rebrand from Tripfuser to Designer Journeys! Designer Journeys better communicates our unique designer travel proposition, supports our relationships with you, and inspires our team to deliver extraordinary travel.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>This past year, our amazing global team has worked incredibly hard to review our entire business, including the products and services we offer, our position in the travel market, the way we work and the company we aspire to be. This led us to Designer Journeys.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Central to our change of brand was the need to highlight the skills, expertise, and care taken by our global network of Local Designers to design incredibly unique travel experiences. Whatever your vision of extraordinary may be, Designer Journeys is committed to designing, building and delivering extraordinary travel experiences for you.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"wp-image-4487 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/s3-cdn.designerjourneys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Copy-of-Matt-McCann-CEO-Letter-Blog-Graphic-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/s3-cdn.designerjourneys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/25113939\/Copy-of-Matt-McCann-CEO-Letter-Blog-Graphic-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/s3-cdn.designerjourneys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/25113939\/Copy-of-Matt-McCann-CEO-Letter-Blog-Graphic-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/s3-cdn.designerjourneys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/25113939\/Copy-of-Matt-McCann-CEO-Letter-Blog-Graphic-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/s3-cdn.designerjourneys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/25113939\/Copy-of-Matt-McCann-CEO-Letter-Blog-Graphic-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/s3-cdn.designerjourneys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/25113939\/Copy-of-Matt-McCann-CEO-Letter-Blog-Graphic-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\/\/s3-cdn.designerjourneys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/25113939\/Copy-of-Matt-McCann-CEO-Letter-Blog-Graphic-1170x658.png 1170w, https:\/\/s3-cdn.designerjourneys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/25113939\/Copy-of-Matt-McCann-CEO-Letter-Blog-Graphic-585x329.png 585w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/576;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"wp-image-4487\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-cdn.designerjourneys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Copy-of-Matt-McCann-CEO-Letter-Blog-Graphic-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3-cdn.designerjourneys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/25113939\/Copy-of-Matt-McCann-CEO-Letter-Blog-Graphic-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/s3-cdn.designerjourneys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/25113939\/Copy-of-Matt-McCann-CEO-Letter-Blog-Graphic-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/s3-cdn.designerjourneys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/25113939\/Copy-of-Matt-McCann-CEO-Letter-Blog-Graphic-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/s3-cdn.designerjourneys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/25113939\/Copy-of-Matt-McCann-CEO-Letter-Blog-Graphic-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/s3-cdn.designerjourneys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/25113939\/Copy-of-Matt-McCann-CEO-Letter-Blog-Graphic-2048x1152.png 2048w, https:\/\/s3-cdn.designerjourneys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/25113939\/Copy-of-Matt-McCann-CEO-Letter-Blog-Graphic-1170x658.png 1170w, https:\/\/s3-cdn.designerjourneys.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/25113939\/Copy-of-Matt-McCann-CEO-Letter-Blog-Graphic-585x329.png 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>As the post-COVID-19 travel market emerges, we see positive early signs of a growing demand from our North American Travellers and Travel Agents, with other markets setting out clear pathways to a return to travel \u2013 Designer Journeys is ready to design extraordinary.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>I cannot wait for you to experience designer travel from Designer Journeys. 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