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...
Graham Stanton shares his thoughts on the effect of the exchange rate
Graham Stanton, Manager of Corporate Sales at World First Foreign Exchange, shares his thoughts on how medical travel and medical tourism businesses can protect...
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...
Can the patient ever be sure that the treatment will work?
A significant proportion of medical tourism and medical travel is driven by people seeking established and proven treatments in countries where the cost of...
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...
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