Serandipians, the luxury global community of travel designers, is encroaching on its agency membership capacity with Founder and President Quentin Desurmont saying the strategy to cap numbers at 600 is vital to remain “small and beautiful.”

Serandipians will welcome VisitMalta to the network as a new Preferred Destination Partner as of January 2024. The Maltese Islands, set in the middle of the Mediterranean, are a treasure trove of history and culture, and present visitors with an opportunity to immerse themselves in centuries of history while enjoying the very best of modern facilities.

After having gathered international Members and Partners for their annual Presidents’ Club in Marseille for 3 years, Serandipians by Traveller Made have entered a formal partnership with the Capital of Provence.

Saudi Arabia has become the first Middle East destination to join the select number of countries recognised as Preferred Destinations by Serandipians by Traveller Made.

Small-ship cruise specialist, Variety Cruises, has joined the luxury travel community, Serandipians by Traveller Made as a new partner.

Fiji’s ultra-luxurious Laucala Island – the destination of choice for talk show queen, Oprah Winfrey – has joined the COMO Hotels and Resorts stable of properties around the world.

The Traveller Made luxury travel design network has this week marked its eighth anniversary by rebranding as Serandipians.

Digitisation, privatisation and “staycations” were among a variety of strategies adopted by luxury hoteliers to reinvent themselves through the pandemic. That was the finding from the latest case study carried out by the Swiss business school Glion Institute of Higher Education, in partnership with luxury travel community, Traveller Made, to gauge the status of the hospitality sector.

Luxury travel community Traveller Made has signed its second Preferred Destination Partner agreement in the Caribbean with the Anguilla Tourist Board.

Traveller Made has welcomed the Catalonia Premium – Catalan Tourist Board into its stable of Preferred Destination Partners.

Traveller Made has identified 8 main travel trends in the luxury market as a result of the pandemic. Six years ago the network of luxury travel designers highlighted half-a-dozen trends it forecast would prevail over future years, some of which, including Experiential, Privacy & Intimacy and Slow Travel, have an even greater relevance today due to COVID-19.

Traveller Made has signed Colombia as its second Preferred Destination Partner in South America. The new partnership is through the country’s national tourism bureau, ProColombia. Recently, Traveller Made revealed its first destination partner on the continent as Peru, having struck an alliance with PromPeru.