FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 30, 2007 Media Contacts: Margot Kong Imperial Tours 888-888-1970 web_inquiry@imperialtours.net Imperial Tours Offers Services to Lijiang and Shangri-La San Francisco, Calif. – Imperial Tours is now offering services in Yunnan province for the luxury traveler. New or returning visitors to China can now enjoy bespoke private tours which include Lijiang and Ringha/Shangri-La. Lijiang In the shadow of snow-topped Jade Dragon Mountain,  » Read more »

by Andrea Bennett In this age of information overload, when destinations, flights, and hotels are a click away, turning to a specialist to help plan your trip is essential. On the following pages you’ll find T+L’s 2005 A-List: 125 travel super-agents, arranged by area of specialization, and their ultimate dream trips. Nearly a quarter of these agents are new this year, a result of our intensive search for experts who have insider knowledge and who go the extra mile for their clients.  » Read more »

    China News Contents Luxury Travel News Hotel/Restaurant News Calendar Odds N' Ends – David Spindler Interview Discovery – Sanxingdui     Dear Guy, From our founding, Imperial Tours' Monthly Group tours and FITs have challenged the notion that there are no sophisticated venues in China. Seven years later,  » Read more »

by Hilary Stafford-Clark Once in China it becomes obvious that for all but the most intrepid first-timer, a guided tour is almost essential. There is just too much to see, too much to absorb, in this vast country where 5,000 years of history are colliding head-on with the 21st century. Guidebooks, particularly those to Shanghai, are mainly out of date; few people speak English; and signs, except in the cities,  » Read more »

by Leslie Chang  Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ABOARD THE MV EMPEROR ON THE YANGTZE RIVER — Shortly after our cruise ship set sail from the Sichuan town of Fengdu on its way down the Yangtze River, its hardworking crew began to entertain us. Four women in harem pants and navel-baring tops performed a lantern dance. The chief tour guide pressed several audience members into a potato race.  » Read more »