Luxury boutique hotel Alila comes to China, located in the bamboo forests of Anji Imperial Tours has compiled another roundup of what’s happening and what’s new in China luxury travel this spring. Art, Culture & Fashion This month will unveil the opening of the first Shanghai store for home-grown fashion designer Ms Min. Up until now her gorgeous designs were only available online or in department stores like Lane Crawford.  » Read more »

The Qiao Family Courtyard in Pingyao was the setting for the movie Raise the Red Lantern One of the most composed and sublimely beautiful films to have come out of China is Raise the Red Lantern (1991), hailed by IMDb as one of the “25 movies you must see before you die”. For a quintessentially Chinese location, director Zhang Yimou picked Pingyao, a turtle-shaped,  » Read more »

Chengdu city skyline – its population is 14 million and growing  Chengdu was recently ranked in the MasterCard Global City Index as the second fastest-growing destination in the world from 2009 to 2015. As of June 2015 there are 265 Fortune Global 500 companies in Chengdu and this number is growing rapidly. And all for good reason, as Chengdu is a great city with lots going for it.  » Read more »

Giant Buddha carved out of rock at the Yungang Caves, Datong Imperial Tours is very pleased to announce the addition of Pingyao and Datong to our luxury travel destinations. We recommend combining Pingyao and Datong into a 2 day luxury tour in between visiting Beijing and Xi’an. For anyone who wants to experience a journey back to ancient China at these two UNESCO World Heritage Sites, then visiting Pingyao and Datong is a must!   » Read more »

Minsheng Art Museum in Beijing Imperial Tours has compiled another roundup of what’s happening and what’s new in China luxury travel this fall. Art & Culture Fall is a busy time on the art scenes in China’s key cities. Beijing Design Week (Sep. 23rd to Oct. 7th) is running for a total of two weeks this year and they have expanded their number of installations and events across the city.  » Read more »