Swiss Hospitals Target Wealthy Health Tourists
Swiss hospitals and clinics are increasingly looking for patients from countries where the wealthy want high standards of medical care. Particularly attracted to Switzerland...
Bermuda explores medical tourism
The Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) is actively exploring medical tourism with one venture already generating 1,000 bed nights for local hotels. BHB says that...
Tiny Irish village gets its teeth into dental tourism
The small rural community of Ballylanders, County Limerick is taking a bite out of the dental tourism market and is to build a factory...
Malaysia expands health tourism and plans laws on fertility treatment
The Malaysia Ministry of Health has rolled out a number of activities in Southeast Asia to attract more foreigners for health tourism. The health...
Cross-border health tourism booming between Canada and USA
A new Buffalo based medical tourism agency is the latest to target Canadians seeking healthcare in the USA as lengthy wait times force more...
How will health insurers adapt to medical tourism?
Ian Youngman from IMTJ looks at the relationship between health insurance and medical tourism and how this has failed to take off so far....
Discover Motels launches first condotel (condominium hotel) with treatment centre
Discover Motels is a startup hotel chain owned by the Silvex Group of Mumbai. The company is currently soft testing its 216 keys property...
How the industry lost its way and how it can get back on track
Ian Youngman from IMTJ highlights the confusion in the medical tourism sector about what the business is all about. Back to front marketing, a...
Nigeria develops inbound medical tourism; local doctors oppose outbound medical travel
According to governor Lyel Imoke of Cross River State, tourism is one sector where it holds a comparative advantage over other Nigerian states, although...
Barbados Fertility Centre receives JCI seal of approval
Barbados Fertility Centre (BFC) has received the gold seal of approval from Joint Commission International. It has been reaccredited, meaning the clinic has maintained...
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