Global Healthcare Travel Council strengthens its team

The Global Healthcare Travel Council (GHTC) has announced several appointments to strengthen its team, and take a more influential role in the medical tourism...

Germany’s attraction for Gulf medical tourists stimulates agency growth

Germany manages to attract an increasing number of medical tourists from the UAE and other Gulf states. Despite massive hospital building programmes and the rise...

In depth report on European cross border healthcare

Progress slows on the EU cross border healthcare directive which is not working well, with some countries blocking access to treatment. The report from the...

Armenian dental tourism growing

Armenia seeks to widen dental tourism from mainly Armenians working abroad to other Europeans. Dental tourism has been a developing trend in Armenia in recent...

China introduces tough new advertising laws on medical treatment

Organizations targeting the Chinese market for medical treatment need to understand the new advertising and online laws, including the severe repercussions if these new...

Six medical tourists develop Q fever after stem cell therapy in Germany

Six medical tourists catch Q fever after travelling to Germany for a controversial treatment involving injections with sheep cells. Five Americans and one Canadian came...

Unveiling Portugal: Medical travel, health tourism, retirement

Portugal is brimming with potential for growth in the medical travel, retirement and health tourism sectors. So why is it undiscovered ? Portugal is a...

Why is Jamaica struggling to attract medical tourism?

Jamaica's medical tourism sector is struggling despite it being a popular tourist destination. High prices seem to be limiting Jamaica's potential as a medical...

Turkish Airlines to offer health tourism packages to Turkey

Turkish Airlines is set to offer package services to health tourism passengers who visit Turkey for treatment. Turkish Airlines (THY) is set to offer package...

Baltimore hospital, Johns Hopkins targets patients with digital strategy

Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore is marketing to patents across the USA and overseas. Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore is marketing to patients across the...