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The top ten recommendations for a medical tourism conference organiser
Autumn is conference season, and it seems that medical tourism is becoming the most talked about subject on the conference platform. Three years ago,...
Cross-border healthcare could be delayed, redrafted or withdrawn
Dedicated to EU affairs, the EU Cross-border Healthcare Directive which intends to lift restrictions on patients travelling for treatment in other EU countries could...
It can be all too easy for a domain name speculator to hijack your...
The internet is a great place to market your medical tourism services but because it is difficult to police, it can be easy for...
The magic of medical tourism numbers
Ian Youngman, healthcare industry specialist and author of the IMTJ Medical Tourism Facts and Figures 2018, shows how hard it is to get real...
MHTC promotes Malaysia healthcare to the UK
Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC) recently held a ‘Malaysia Healthcare Experience’ event in London, UK, with the support of IMTJ. LaingBuisson staff reporter, Kelsey...
Ditch brochures and ‘old’ tech if you want patients from China
Unless you can show that your destination is safe, and can use the latest technology that the Chinese use, you will not attract as...
Merging healthcare and health insurance
Global health insurer AXA described at its AGM how healthcare and health insurance are merging their services, towards ‘healthcare, backed by insurance’. Ian Youngman looks at...
Prices and competition reduce flow to Costa Rica
According to local medical tourism association Promed the numbers of medical tourists going to Costa Rica is falling considerably due to international competition and...
The changing nature of the Russian medical tourism market
Roman Kononov, CEO and Founder of Recomed, a concierge service, specialising in Russian patients travelling abroad, gives his honest view of the current state...
2016: A lost year for medical tourism in Turkey?
With the number of tourists to Turkey taking a plunge, Ian Youngman from IMTJ examines the political and economic factors that are affecting Turkey's...
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