SINGAPORE: Private sector eyes opportunities abroad
SINGAPORE: Private sector eyes opportunities abroad Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:33:22 GMT The private sector of Singapore’s medical tourism industry is looking beyond the Lion City to grow their business. ParkwayHealth, controlled by the US-based private equity firm Texas Pacific Group (TPG), has plans to set up several multispeciality hospitals in India. The group is […]
UNITED KINGDOM: Second Cyprus Medical Tourism Conference
UNITED KINGDOM: Second Cyprus Medical Tourism Conference Wed, 05 Aug 2009 08:00:07 GMT The annual Cyprus Medical Tourism Conference at the Marriott Hotel in London will be a one- day trade event on February 5, 2009. The free conference is organised by three Cyprus government bodies. The conference aims to put medical professionals, travel companies […]
INDIA: Short-term impact likely for Indian medical tourism
INDIA: Short-term impact likely for Indian medical tourism Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:09:24 GMT India’s growing medical tourism industry will be adversely impacted in the short-term as a result of the Mumbai terror attacks, a leading healthcare industry official has said. Vishal Bali, chief executive of Wockhardt Hospitals, said: "While foreigners still fear to visit […]
RESEARCH: Medical travel could be lucrative for hotels
RESEARCH: Medical travel could be lucrative for hotels Fri, 07 Aug 2009 07:24:22 GMT A Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels research study entitled FocusOn Medical Travel said the medical travel sector has the potential to develop into a lucrative niche market for hotel operators and investors. Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and India are developing first-class facilities. International […]
IRELAND: Two Beacon subsidiaries get JCI status
IRELAND: Two Beacon subsidiaries get JCI status Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:17:26 GMT Beacon Dermatology is the latest clinic in Ireland to get JCI accreditation. Michael Cullen, chief executive of Beacon Medical Group, explained why a group, that has treated a few medical tourists to date, bothered with the expense of obtaining a JCI Accreditation: […]
AUSTRALIA: Australian health reform may affect medical tourism demand
AUSTRALIA: Australian health reform may affect medical tourism demand Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:51:29 GMT The Australian Tourism Export Council (ATEC) will host a health and wellbeing conference in Cairns next month to look at ways of making Australia a medical tourism destination. Not on the agenda is a topic that will affect those countries […]
SAUDI ARABIA: PlanetHospital opens Jeddah office
SAUDI ARABIA: PlanetHospital opens Jeddah office Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:21:24 GMT PlanetHospital, an established California-based medical tourism agency, has opened an office in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to serve inbound and outbound medical tourists from the Gulf region. "The Gulf has the potential to drive growth in medical tourism. It is not only a place […]
SINGAPORE: Eye on the Gulf states
SINGAPORE: Eye on the Gulf states Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:49:32 GMT Singapore continues with its marketing campaign to attract more patients from the Gulf states to visit the city-state for its first-class medical services. The city has become a popular destination for medical tourists from the Gulf, many of whom head to the city-state […]
PHILIPPINES: Eye clinic group targets medical travellers
PHILIPPINES: Eye clinic group targets medical travellers Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:07:09 GMT A private eye clinic group in Cebu has its sights set on medical tourists as its next major market if the government will help medical tourism players promote the province as a healthcare destination. The Associated Cebu Eyes Specialists (ACES) eye referral […]
UK: CHKS expands international hospital accreditation services
UK: CHKS expands international hospital accreditation services Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:50:15 GMT The international market for UK based accreditation agency CHKS continues to expand in some interesting directions. Having established a strong foothold in Europe over the past fifteen years, mostly in Portugal, Ireland and Denmark, it has worked as far afield as India […]