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June 7, 2016
June 7, 2016
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Wellness and Medical Tourism: Opportunity for Travel Agents

With all the options available to book a flight – from laptop computers to smart phone applications – internet savvy bargain shoppers may view the notion of using travel agents as old-fashioned as a doctor who makes house calls.
June 7, 2016
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June 7, 2016
June 7, 2016
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Medical tourism market booming as patients seek cheaper prices or more sophisticated care

Medical tourism has grown rapidly in the past decade, as Internet has greatly facilitated information sharing. A 2013 online survey from US reported that 27% of patients had engaged in some form of medical tourism.
June 7, 2016
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June 7, 2016
June 7, 2016
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Avita Medical signs Malaysian distro deal with Mintcare

Avita Medical (ASX:AVH) said today it inked a distribution deal with Asia-Pacific specialized wound care product distributor Mintcare.
June 7, 2016
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June 7, 2016
June 7, 2016
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The Stars of the IMTJ Summit in Madrid

The IMTJ Medical Travel Summit 2016, held in Madrid on May 24-26 2016, attracted a record number of delegates from around the globe. The Summit brought together key opinion leaders and senior executives involved in medical tourism and healthcare businesses across the world to discuss the future of this growing industry sector.
June 7, 2016
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June 6, 2016
ISSCR updates stem cell research guidelines
June 6, 2016
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ISSCR update stem cell research guideline: Warns against stem cell medical tourism

The International Society for Stem Cell Research cautions that stem cell medical tourism may be faulty, according to International Medical Travel Journal.
June 6, 2016
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June 3, 2016
June 3, 2016
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International patients may not be able to make informed care decisions

International patients may not receive the necessary information they need to make care decisions, according to an article published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research.
June 3, 2016
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May 30, 2016
IMTJ Medical Travel Awards 2016
May 30, 2016
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Success in medical travel is recognised by IMTJ Medical Travel Awards 2016

The medical travel awards celebrate the best providers in the industry and aim to encourage others to strive to match them. The very best in the medical travel sector are celebrating the announcement of the winners in the International Medical Travel Journal Medical Travel Awards 2016.
May 30, 2016
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April 23, 2016
April 23, 2016
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Healthy profits in medical tourism

Public health is one area that has remained in the back seat for some time since its heyday of the 1960s and 1970s when infectious diseases were a concern.
April 23, 2016
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April 21, 2016
April 21, 2016
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Ensure clear line between medicine and business

Advertisements promoting health screening and various medical services are rampant. Medical tourism is now a major engine of economic growth, and Singapore has ambitions to be a world-class medical centre. But we must ensure that we do not capitalise on any economic exploitation of the anxious "well".
April 21, 2016
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April 20, 2016
Thailand sees increase of Omani tourists in 2016
April 20, 2016
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Thailand sees increase of Omani tourists in 2016

More Omanis are expected to visit Thailand in 2016, a senior official at the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Dubai and Middle East office told Times of Oman. “We are expecting to welcome 100,000 Omani visitors this year, compared to 80,000 in 2015,” Tanes Petsuwan, executive director of TAT said, adding that 80 per cent of Omani visitors visit Thailand for medical treatment.
April 20, 2016
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April 20, 2016
MHTC Cosmetic Surgery
April 20, 2016
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Czech Republic a favourite cosmetic destination for British, Germans and Russians

British, German and Russian clients dominate among foreigners seeking treatment at Czech healthcare facilities, mostly for cosmetic surgery. The number of foreign patients in the Czech Republic has been rising by 10% to 15% a year.
April 20, 2016
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April 20, 2016
April 20, 2016
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Global medical tourism is on the rise

The on-line medical tourism sector is growing on a global scale With 1.2 million to 1.4 million Americans annually seeking health-care services abroad, the medical sector experienced an average increase of 23% per year in the last decade. Top medical tourism destinations for people living in the US include: Mexico, Colombia, Barbados, Hungary, India, Thailand.
April 20, 2016
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