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Bangkok Hospital upgrades its Health and Beauty Services to capture medical Tourists

Bangkok Hospital has revamped its Health and Beauty service offering, naming the blending of hospitals with medical spas which is seen as one of the top trends in 2009.

Thailands Leading Spas offer a 50% discount to curb the recession

The Thai Spa Association of Thailand has launched a special offer to counter the negative effect due to the recent occupation of the airports. With the Happy Spring 2009 Campaign anyone who presents the discount voucher can benefit from a 50% price off. The campaign starts from January 1st and lasts till February 28th 2009

Medical Tourism - A Ray of Light amongst gathering Gloom

The multi-billion dollar medical travel sector could become an important new source of demand when traditional demand drivers are under increasing threat. According to Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels’ most recent research FocusOn Medical Travel – fad or focus for hotel operators and investors?, the medical travel sector has potential to develop into a lucrative niche market for hotel operators and investors.

Medical off-shoring grows as patients combine tourism and surgery

During his presidential campaign, Barack Obama decried two seemingly unrelated challenges: Factories shipping U.S. jobs overseas and our health-care crisis. But unless he acts quickly, President-elect Obama will face a threat that combines these trends as high costs make Americans seek health-care abroad.

Hospitals watching anxiously as political situation in Thailand unfolds

Hospitals serving foreign patients have seen a few cancellations from abroad due to the closure of Suvarnabhumi and Don Muang airports.

Medical Tourism Causes Complications

Forty-five million Americans are currently uninsured and health expenditures in the United States are rising faster than wages and inflation. Despite spending more on health care than any other industrialized nation, the United States in 2000 ranked 37th in the World Health Organization's evaluation of health care systems around the globe.

Angelis Launches First UK Insurance Cover For Treatment Carried Out Abroad

Growing numbers of UK patients have been travelling abroad for medical treatment despite a lack of adequate insurance protection, says Angelis Insurance (Angelis), the first company to provide a dedicated and specific insurance cover for dental, cosmetic and medical treatment carried out abroad.

America’s health care system needs corrective surgery

America’s health care system needs corrective surgery

Treatment in Tunesia: plastic surgery tourism

An interesting clipping from an article on gulfnews.com shows the ambitions of Tunisia to join the ranks of major medical tourism destinations:

German e-auctions for medical services

The German health care sector starts to heat up. A very interesting player is www.arzt-preisvergleich.de. Their business model: get patients to post the offers they have received from one doctor or dentist for treatment on their site and allow medical professionals to submit better offers.