Welcome to Healthcare Travel, the only global event dedicated to the complete supply chain of the medical travel industry and where healthcare professionals can interact on a variety of business platforms. Healthcare Travel Exhibition & Congress brings together the entire cluster involved in medical travel at one specific event that is dedicated to the development of this growing sector.
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 Significant strategic partnership formed at Healthcare Travel
Healthcare Travel Exhibition & Congress was the perfect venue to bring two companies engaged in international healthcare together in a strategic alliance. The convergence of the medical tourism, insurance and IT industries took a significant step forward as Premier Healthcare Germany and Offsurance announced a strategic alliance based on a shared vision of unified healthcare delivery systems.
The agreement combines Premier Healthcare Germany's extensive network of German hospitals with the Offsurance unique communication platform. The joined advanced technologies will transform medical tourism from being process-driven to being more customer-centric.
Michael Meurs, co-founder and CEO of Premier Healthcare Germany said: "By combining our strengths, we will accelerate the delivery of healthcare to our international customers, and offer a higher-quality experience, greater reliability and significantly lowered costs. That's where we can make a real difference."
Dr. Fazel Raheman, inventor of the Offsurance platform and the company Chairman commented: "We will have deep collaboration in product development with Premier, allowing us to deliver high-quality, highly reliable solutions rapidly that will support mission-critical healthcare communications. The opportunity for our customers is fantastic. We will enable them to realize tremendous benefits from this."
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| The Winners! |
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 The last day of the Congress covered the "Ideal Destination" in the plenary session and covered Information Technologies Facilitation of Medical Travel and Financing and Insurance of Healthcare Travel.
Today was also the last day for participants to enter the different draws at the event and here are the lucky winners!
Nadine Baume, General Managing Director at German Medical Journal and Stephan Stauffer, Managing Director at Swiss Arab Consulting both won 3 nights and 4 days at the Somatheeram Ayurvedic Beach Resort, in Kerela, India courtesy of India Tourism.
Dr. Nipit Piravej, Chief Corporate Officer at Bangkok Chain Hospital, Thailand walked away with a 3-night stay at the Ayii Anargyri Natural Healing Spa Resort in Cyprus courtesy of Cyprus Tourism.
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Turkish Airlines Supports Medical Tourism
The medical tourism market in the world has been rapidly growing in recent years. In order to increase share of Turkish Health Care establishments in the market and support national economy, Turkish Airlines has prepared a support program for Health Care Establishments who invest in medical tourism.
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India woos Saudi tourists in big way
Dubai, Oct 6: India kicked off a tourism roadshow in Riyadh today aiming to draw Saudi tourists to the many attractions in India, ranging from the majestic Himalayas to the golden beaches of Goa, and also to project the country as a world-class medical tourism destination.
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Re-branding Dubai
The global recession has negatively impacted transshipping, tourism and real estate in Dubai, three of its primary economic sectors. To counter skepticism about its future, Dubai has been touting the Dubai Health Care City (DHCC) whose Phase I is going to be completed in 2010 as the world's new center of medical tourism and an emerging pillar of the Emirates' economy.
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