MediTour Expo announces its 2011 World Medical Tourism Conference
MediTour Expo announces its 2011 World Medical Tourism Conference: “Pioneering The Future in Global Healthcare.” The event will be held May 23-24, 2011, at...
Hungary promotes health and wellness tourism
According to Balázs Botos of the Ministry for National Economy the central message of the country for the forthcoming years will be "healing Hungary",...
German health and wellness tourism targets Middle East
The Middle East is one of the largest potential source markets of patients due to the high costs of healthcare and limited facilities in...
Comparative costs of dental treatment in Europe
According to a recent study of the comparative cost of dental treatment in nine countries, the most expensive country for dental care is England....
IFHP survey: comparison of international healthcare costs
The International Federation of Health Plans, a group of 100 health funds and insurers across 30 countries, has released its '2010 Comparative Price Report'...
Developments in health tourism in India
The Indian Tourism Ministry has agreed to pay over $27,000 to 10 medical tourism service providers including representatives of hospitals, travel agents and tour...
Top ten global spa trends for 2011
SpaFinder, the global spa and wellness resource, has identified global spa trends that will influence experiences for consumers and the industry in 2011 and...
Flying hospitals are not imaginary, and need your donations
The idea of flying hospitals may sound like a fantasy, but there are organizations promoting this concept to provide travelling care to countries that...
Germany: International healthcare accreditation moves forward
Temos has expanded its telemedicine portfolio with new tele-care, tele-clinic and tele-monitoring services. St. Luke's Medical Center Global City and St. Luke's Medical Center...
Lebanon attracting cosmetic surgery tourists
Tourists from across the Middle East are travelling abroad for cosmetic surgery. Their destination is often Lebanon, a country whose obsession with physical perfection...