This article was published in the Bloomberg Weekend Edition (© 2025 Bloomberg L.P.) on January 8th, 2025. Written by By Jinshan Hong, Josh Xiao, K Oanh Ha, and Danny Lee, with assistance from Spe Chen, Adrian Leung, and Jane Pong. Guy Rubin, founder of Imperial Tours, was a source used for this article.   The billions of dollars in spending that an unprecedented lifting of visa requirements could have brought simply hasn’t materialized.  » Read more »

On its 25th anniversary, Imperial Tours, the award-winning luxury tour operator, expands its services to the under-served and increasingly prominent East Asian destination of South Korea. Since 1999 Imperial Tours has played an instrumental role in presenting China to global travel and thought leaders. It has introduced this exotic destination to heads of state, iconic CEO’s and movie A-listers. Rich memories abound from this historic period: driving Eunice Kennedy-Shriver into the heart of the Forbidden City,  » Read more »

“Travel advisers can help you research the best destinations, lodging, or activities for your particular group and travel goals, offering up specific advice that might be hard or time-consuming to find yourself. Those specializing in cruises might know which cabin to choose if you are prone to seasickness, while a safari planner could help you decide which park would be best for bird-watching or seeing specific animals, like rhinos. Travel advisers typically have relationships with tour companies,  » Read more »

How To Sort Out Your China Tourist Visa From 2018, in the years leading to the Covid pandemic, China unfurled in step-wise fashion a global tourist visa application program that was as bureaucratic as it was prickly. But since the end of the pandemic, coinciding with her rising economic woes, China’s been accelerating in the exact opposite direction. Recently, it’s become far more flexible and welcoming to foreign travelers. Read on to find out how.  » Read more »

A well-known Brazilian agent told me about the futuristic Flyzoo Hotel soon after it opened in 2019. As it turned out, I was unable to visit this 290 Room 4-star hotel packed with the latest hotel technology until a month ago, after Covid had passed. I had ventured to Hangzhou, the hometown of Jack Ma, the business genius who in the late nineties launched Alibaba, now a golgothan Chinese B2B company that helps many importers around the world connect with exporting Chinese factories.  » Read more »