International Medical Travel Journal: News
- Miami, Florida hospitals are partnering with the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau (GMCVB) to market Miami as a destination for...
- The government and medical tourism industry regularly say 30,000 people go to Costa Rica each year for medical or cosmetic treatment. The problem is...
- Across parts of Asia, many women and some men want to look like their favourite film, television or music star. They buy the clothes, DVDs, make up...
- Florida based medical tourism agency China Health Today and the US office of Chinese travel organization China Travel and China Tours have organized...
- According to the Finance Ministry, as long as there are no political disturbances, Thailand will see international tourist arrivals surpass the...
- The rise in cosmetic medical tourism has put into question the foundation of the patient-doctor relationship and is endangering many who seek low...
- Developers of the Shetty medical tourism hospital plan to build it on a site that was earmarked for an East End seaport development that has been...
- In Indonesia, the Ministry of Health plans to transform the island’s largest hospital, Sanglah Hospital, into an international hospital...
- India is rapidly becoming a global centre for assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) for a multitude of reasons. A new academic study...
- The Bermuda government is considering pursuing medical tourism. Tourism minister Patrice Minors is actively exploring the expansion of medical...
- Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) are planning a new centre in the city of Newnan, Atlanta, Georgia in the Southeast of the USA. It will...
- Rae and Steve Chesney-Beales are parents of a child with autism, Down’s syndrome and global development delay. Frustrated at the lack of...
- The spas around Prague, in the Czech Republic are out to prove that spa treatment is more than drinking from healing springs and mud wraps. The Czech...
- Fortis Healthcare International, the Singapore-based holding company owned by India’s billionaire Singh brothers, Malvinder and Shivinder, has...
- The Turkish government has laid down some rules on health tourism, while foreign investors see potential in Turkish hospitals.
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- The number of medical tourists in India is likely to reach 3.2 million by 2015 from the current 850,000 if it continues to grow at the current...
- “Made in India” is a feature length documentary film about the human experiences behind the phenomena of outsourcing surrogate mothers to...
- US based Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide plans to expand Sheraton and Westin's portfolio of hotel spas across Asia and the Middle East in the...
- Holidays or short breaks away with a distinctly healthy approach designed to keep you active and improve your sense of well-being, are taking off for...
- Medical tourism to Mauritius has seen a tenfold increase over the past five years with 11,000 medical tourists in 2010. The Island hopes to attract...
