Hotels now compete with spas and gyms
Hotel group Accor has published a white paper dedicated to wellness in the hospitality industry. It claims that hotels now compete with spas and...
Expanding Reach Of WTA
The US-based Wellness Tourism Association (WTA) now has 100 members and partners from 21 countries.
Plans for free IVF for Hungarians
According to BioNews, Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orban has announced that
Hungary will be providing free IVF to couples to combat the country's declining birth...
Saudi German Hospital and Mayo to offer services
The Saudi German Hospital in Riyadh has partnered with US non-profit organisation Mayo Clinic to provide healthcare services in Saudi Arabia. Critical cases will...
Visa cancellation helps medical travel from Ukraine
According to an article in Interfax-Ukraine, in 2019, Ukraine patients still preferred travelling abroad for oncology and cardiac treatments, including to Poland, Germany and...
Plans to regulate wellness tourism in Sri Lanka
An article in the Sunday Observer describes the ongoing work, led by the Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB), to develop standards and regulation...
More Icelanders seek treatment abroad
According to Iceland monitor, more Icelanders were reimbursed from Icelandic Health Insurance for medical care abroad in 2019 compared to the previous year. Long...
Private hospital acquisition in Columbia
Quirónsalud, the largest private hospital group in Spain and part of Fresenius Helios, has made another acquisition in Columbia, making it one of the...
IVI-RMA to expand in Middle East, Asia and Europe
Alternative asset manager Gulf Capital, which acquired IVI-RMA’s Middle Eastern clinics for more than US$100m, has announced a three-year growth plan to triple the...
US$2,800 average spend per international patient
The Vice President of the Ukrainian Association of Medical Tourism (UAMT), Ihor Torsky, has been quoted in an article in Interfax-Ukraine saying that the...
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