Another delay to Oman’s Dhamani plan

Oman’s compulsory private health insurance Dhamani was due to begin in 2019 and was delayed. The next due date was mid-2020. A new delay...

IHG hotels and spas partner with Cleveland Clinic

InterContinental Hotels & Resorts (IHG) is redefining cleanliness and supporting guests’ personal well-being throughout their stay by partnering with Cleveland Clinic, Ecolab and Diversey,...

A medical culture shift for European healthcare

The European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) Health has launched a new, in-depth framework for adopting and accelerating Value-Based Health Care (VBHC) across...

What will persuade patients to return to private hospitals and clinics?

Private healthcare providers will need to communicate detailed information to patients about how they are mitigating the clinical risks from COVID-19 as they begin...

India’s medical travel revenue will not grow to US$9bn

The medical travel market in India is not as big an industry as some report it to be. And for the medical travellers who...

Turkey launches healthy accreditation

In an attempt to encourage Turkey’s travel industry to transition to “healthy tourism” before its competitors, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism has launched the ‘Healthy...

Protecting your medical travel brand from COVID-19

In any crisis, communication is important.  Now COVID-19 has plunged the global travel and medical tourism markets into a deep freeze, it has been...

Plan for renewing dental travel to Croatia

The Croatian borders are open, but not yet to tourism. When inbound tourism does open, which may be as soon as June, dental and...

EC guide to contact tracing

To encourage a common approach for safe and efficient mobile tracing apps across the EU, the European Commission has published guidelines which explain contact...

New global safety rules for travel sector

The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) has launched a range of new worldwide safety measures to restart the global tourism sector. The measures...