Turkey improves medical tourism regulation
Turkey has taken several steps to ensure that health tourism services are properly regulated, with oversight from public officials. This should allow patients to...
IATA: 2022 global passenger survey results
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has released the results of its 2022 Global Passenger Survey (GPS). Travellers top concerns in the post-COVID crisis...
UK hotel launches cancer treatment partnership
The Aztec Hotel and Spa in Bristol, UK, part of the Daniel Thwaites Spa Group, is working alongside Amethyst Trust to create inclusive treatments for those...
Super-specialty healthcare in Tanzania
The government is determined to make Tanzania a centre of excellence in provision of specialised and super-specialised health services.
Tanzania's medical tourism drive has received...
Germany: hospitals hit by international patient drop
Germany was one of Europe's most popular medical travel destinations, but numbers have fallen. According to surveys by the medical tourism department at Bonn-Rhein-Sieg...
Heal in India initiative makes progress
Preparations to promote medical travel to India are in full swing. Plans include a dedicated logo to promote the Heal in India initiative globally,...
USA medical spa platform launches
Birch Medical Spas is a new medical spa platform in the USA, and has signed Elase Medical Spas as its inaugural partner.
Founded 18 years...
India inbound medical travel deal with Ethiopian Airlines
Ethiopian Airlines has agreed a medical partnership with TravoCure Healthcare, the medical travel division and subsidiary of the Akbar Group in India, to offer...
Egypt’s new destination for recreational medical tourism
DM Development has signed a deal with German group Apleona, to establish the first purpose-built destination for recreational medical tourism in Egypt, in Ain...
Montenegro: can it develop a medical travel sector?
A recent International Health Wellness and Spa tourism conference in Montenegro identified options and risks for a developing medical travel sector in the country.
The...