Wellness village being developed in Costa Rica for LOHAS consumers
A wellness village being developed in Costa Rica called The Rincon, is preparing a marketing plan that will particularly target American expatriates and retirees....
New medical tourism guides from Patients Beyond Borders
What began as a single worldwide medical tourism guide for medical tourists has become a mini-industry of country guides, and the world version has...
Bhutan’s development policy to promote medical tourism
Bhutan's latest Draft Economic Development Policy seeks to open up the entire health sector to private investment and competition, on hospitals, doctors, nurses, equipment...
Malaysia forms council to promote healthcare tourism
The Malaysian Health Ministry is setting up the Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC) to promote and develop the health tourism industry for the country...
Vivek Shukla speaks on how to market your hospital
Caroline Ratner from IMTJ interviews Vivek Shukla, Healthcare Strategy & Business Development Consultant, on the importance of marketing for hospitals that are involved in...
ISO progress on patient safety
ISO is often used as a comparable accreditor or certifier to JCI or other international/ national organisations. ISO does not accredit anything directly, nor...
Investing in a health village in Iceland
There has been increased interest in recent weeks in health related investments in the Asbru health village near Keflavik International Airport in southwest Iceland.Among...
Medical interpreters and Muslim medical tourists
The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) has offered 40 travel agents and guides a lecture on Islamic culture and introduced a Halal food lunchbox and...
Keith Pollard talks on how patient choice is affecting the market?
An article by Keith Pollard, Managing Director of Intuition Communication on how patients are becoming healthcare consumers, and how medical tourism businesses and overseas...
Limitations on Taiwanese medical tourism
Taiwan's medical tourism sector targets patients from Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau with medical check ups and individual medical treatment. The check-up trade...
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