OUR VALUES
WITHIN OUR HOUSE, WE BELIEVE THAT SUCCESS CALLS FOR MANY FACETS.
THE EXPERIENCE OF TIME AND THE FIRE OF YOUTH,
WISDOM AND DARING,
THE CLARITY OF THE PRESENT MOMENT AND THE VISION OF WHAT IS TO COME.
YET NO ONE CAN BE ALL OF THESE AT ONCE.
THE KEY IS TO SURROUND YOURSELF WITH COMPLEMENTARY TALENTS.
« because encounters are at the origin of success »
THE HISTORY
IN THE 17th CENTURY, FRANCE GAVE THE WORLD AN OBJECT OF ELEGANCE: THE “CARTE DE VISITE”.
AT THE TIME, THE FRENCH ARISTOCRACY USED IT AS A SOCIAL PROTOCOL, TO SOLEMNLY ANNOUNCE A VISIT TO THEIR PEERS.
THE NAME “CARTE DE VISITE” — VISITING CARD — THUS REFLECTED ITS VERY ESSENCE.
FOR THREE CENTURIES, THE TERM CROSSED BORDERS AND TOOK ROOT IN EVERY ROMANCE AND GERMANIC LANGUAGE, AND BEYOND:
TARJETA DE VISITA IN SPANISH, BIGLIETTO DA VISITA IN ITALIAN, VIZÍTNAYA KARTÓCHKA IN RUSSIAN, VISITING CARD IN ENGLISH.
TODAY, AS A FRENCH HOUSE AND HEIR TO THAT TRADITION, MAJELLAN RECONCILES THE NAME WITH ITS MODERN USE BY CALLING IT A “CARTE D’AFFAIRES”, A BUSINESS CARD.
A TERM ENGLISH MERCHANTS HAD THEMSELVES NATURALLY ADOPTED DURING THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, AS THE “BUSINESS CARD”.