19-Apr-17 Hospitals in Dubai are linking up with medical tourism facilitators as the strong dirham deters overseas patients. The number of British medical tourists fell by about 10 per cent at the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery Hospital as the pound lost more than 16 per cent against the dirham, making cosmetic medical procedures more expensive in the UAE. [image: AACSH]

11-Apr-17 China is seeing a growing interest from medical travellers seeking Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) as well as those seeking high-end western therapies and treatments in some of the world's best private healthcare centers. China's National Development and Reform Commission targets to build 10 TCM health tourism model zones offering medical treatment, wellness, recuperation and elder care by 2020. [image: Australian Business Forum]

29-Mar-17 Singapore's medical tourism market is seeing it's well-heeled customers looking elsewhere for healthcare of late. A range of Asian countries are offering increasingly competitive levels of quality at more competitive prices. To address this problem, companies such as Raffles Medical Group, Parkway Pantai, and PanAsia Surgery Group are now investing in medical facilities outside Singapore to remain competitive. [image: Alphonsus Chern]

30-Mar-17 The Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council has partnered with five Indonesian health tourism companies in the travel, insurance, and financial services industries with the aim of adopting a strategic approach to providing quality services to the more than 500,000 visitors arriving from Indonesia to seek medical treatment annually. [image: MIMS]

29-Mar-17 BookDoc, the mobile app company that connects patients to healthcare professionals, has partnered with the travel site Tripadvisor, allowing its users to search for top-rated restaurants and attractions near their healthcare appointments in Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Thailand when using either the BookDoc mobile app or the website. [image: IMTJ].