06-Dec-16 With promotion and publicity focused on China, Thailand has strong potential to lure very-rich Chinese. Singapore has the edge over Thailand by way of its Mandarin-speaking skills. Some 483,000 people travelled from China for medical tourism in 2015. They spent USD6.3 bn on treatment and USD3.4 bn on travel and accommodation, making outbound Chinese medical tourism a USD9.7 bn business. [image: Bangkok Post]

06-Dec-16 The UK’s International Hospitals Group (IHG) and China’s Dalian Wanda Group have deepened their relationship by signing a 20 year joint venture to operate the first of Wanda's hospitals, the Qingdao Wanda IHG International Hospital. The 200-bed hospital, located close to Wanda's new movie metropolis in the Huangdao District of Qingdao, will open in 2018. [image: International Hospitlas Group]

25-Nov-16 SHC Deutschland GmbH has entered into a strategic partnership with Sinomedik BV in the Netherlands jointly to expand and develop the Hamburg Metropolitan Region as a sought-after destination for Chinese medical tourists. Both companies are looking to position treatment options and "Made in Germany" in the Chinese medical tourism market. [image: Supporting Healthcare]

23-Nov-16 Ctrip announced it has invested in IVF USA, a US-based IVF company. IVF USA has partnered with seven eminent reproductive health centers in the United States. The company has aided nearly 1,000 Chinese families in conceiving. Ctrip said that it has a good chance of venturing into medical tourism as it has 250 mn registered users. [image: IVF USA / China Travel News]

23-Nov-16 9.5% of high-end Chinese travellers visiting the US in 2015 did so for medical tourism purposes, a survey of 623 travellers by media company i2i China has found. [image: i2i China]