FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 26, 2009 Contact : Margot Kong Imperial Tours (888)888-1970 margot@imperialtours.net Imperial Tours Gives Back How Ultra-Luxury Travel Helps Children in China SAN FRANCISCO, Ca – (May 26, 2009) – Imperial Tours continues a tradition of social contribution by dedicating a playground in rural China to the Virtuoso agents attending their On-site Table at the Travel Mart in Las Vegas.  » Read more »

The World's Most Populous Nation+ 1 China News February, 2009   Imperial Tours' last newsletter was published before the birth of Adan, Nancy and my first son. It's appropriate then that this one, the first of a quarterly series, is being sent just days after the birth of our second son, Lev. This newletter features: Closing The Gap Between Continents – Announcing the Travel Alliance,  » Read more »

reported by Andrea Bennett Trying to score that next-to-impossible reservation, find that undiscovered hotel, or want the details of your once-in-a-lifetime trip flawlessly choreographed? In an era of do-it-yourself Web-based research and booking, where travelers have unprecedented access to just about any destination on earth, expert advice is more important than ever. Which is why, on the following pages, we've tapped 128 super-agents who can solve your travel dilemmas. To narrow the list,  » Read more »

Guy Rubin, Imperial Tours, Beijing There's no danger of being taken advantage of by the more pernicious elements of China's tourism machine when you're traveling with Imperial Tours: no dining in government-run restaurants: no shopping in sub-par state-run souvenir stores(most companies' guides get kickbacks for steering travelers to them).That's because all of Rubin's clients are accompanied by a local guide and a Western escort. Although any snags are ironed out immediately by your at-hand troubleshooter,  » Read more »

GUY RUBIN – "Huang Shan, or Yellow Mountain, is in the province of Anhui, west of Shanghai. I first climbed it in late October. Clouds glided across the granite tusks; it was overwhelmingly beautiful. I later asked the contemporary artist Zheng Zai Dong why he had never painted the mountain. He shook his head. 'How could you be equal to the task?'" Rubin creates ultra-luxe itineraries for travelers in search of the trip of a lifetime (Imperial Tours;  » Read more »