Titans Global Wellness Travel: New Wellness Tourism Firm Launches with High Industry Expectation

Posted on July 13, 2015 | Comments Off on Titans Global Wellness Travel: New Wellness Tourism Firm Launches with High Industry Expectation
Titans Global Wellness Travel has officially opened and is poised to become a high profiled contender in the fertile field of Wellness Tourism/ Travel Industry.

Washington, DC :

Titans Global Wellness Travel officially opened its doors in the Nation’s Capital, on Monday, June 29, 2015, and since that date it has been nothing but a non-stop ride for owner, Alarice Vidale de Palacios.

Vidale de Palacios, along with her team, have worked consistently at crafting the angle of which they will promote Titans to the public market. In a field where Wellness Tourism is on the rise, her team has their hands full. The Titan’s foundation is built on assisting destination travelers to become aligned with their higher Self, through diet alteration, exercise, sacred medicinal practices and interactions with healers all of these features while combined with incredible destination landscapes.

Currently Titans offers packages to India, where the traveler can experience cleansing and clearing rituals in the Northern and Southern Hemisphere of that Country. Continuing on, clients are able to regain their mental and holistic balance in exotic Bali, Thailand, and Sri Lanka. The travel team at Titans Global Wellness Travel, are quick to interject that “we will customize the location according to the client’s needs.

The most popular of these Destinations is Cuba. With the slow lifting of the embargo, and the current people to people interactions which are being promoted by both governments, Titans Global Wellness Travel is positioning itself strategically to have direct access to the financial and wellness opportunities which will abound once more liberties are created.

What sets Titans apart from the other Travel Firms which have saturated the market? Director, of Cuba and Caribbean Travel Markets, Ofunshi Hernandez Abreu, shares that it is the standard of excellence which is demonstrated by Palacios and her support team. Titans, takes the time to handcraft the experience, never forgetting the Spiritual level which is the key to each and every customer packaging. The concentrated level of professionalism and high quality of the hand crafted package leave the customer with a sense of “having been taken cared of”, after all a happy traveler equals a happy experience. Next, Titans has twenty-four hour customer service access, no matter where you are in the world. Lastly Titans, believes in the Spiritual law of giving, therefore past and new customers are always sure to receive a personalized gifts of gratitude for having utilized the company’s service.

The company is optimistic about its future and Palacios, states that she and her team are ready for any and everything.

source: http://www.pr.com / PR.com / Home> Press Release / Washington, DC – July 10th, 2015

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Medical tourism module in new ITS prospectus

Posted on July 12, 2015 | Comments Off on Medical tourism module in new ITS prospectus

Medical tourism is a new module in the 2015-2016 prospectus of the Institute of Tourism Studies (ITS).

The module will be offered as part of the diploma in travel and tourism operations.

It will provide course participants with a general understanding of the medical tourism industry, and prepares and trains them in different aspects of medical tourism with respect to travel and tourism operations.

Institute executive director Pierre Fenech said: “This falls in line with the strategy of ITS to embark on new areas of study to diversify the hospitality industry and to prepare students for challenges that the industry will face in the near future.”

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source: http://www.timesofmalta.com / TimesOfMalta.com / Home> National / Sunday – July 12th, 2015

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RAK’s medical tourism plan coming to fruition and looks to wow Bollywood stars

Posted on July 11, 2015 | Comments Off on RAK’s medical tourism plan coming to fruition and looks to wow Bollywood stars
RAK Hospital, which has a hair salon and spa, started treating patients from abroad for a range of complex issues, from neurosurgery to cancer and cardiac surgeries, five years ago. Pawan Singh / The National

RAK Hospital, which has a hair salon and spa, started treating patients from abroad for a range of complex issues, from neurosurgery to cancer and cardiac surgeries, five years ago. Pawan Singh / The National

Ras Al Khaimah :

It has been 11 years since the northernmost emirate began a project to become a destination for medical tourism. While the sector has grown, with the luxury, hotel-style RAK Hospital receiving about 150 patients from abroad each month, there is still work to be done, according to doctors.

“We wanted to combine the hotel and hospitality concept with medical tourism,” said Dr Raza Siddiqui, head of the Arabian Healthcare Group, which, along with the emirate’s ruler, Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, helped to develop the idea of medical tourism in RAK, inspired by Swiss and American systems.

“The idea was that the hospital should also look after the needs of the local population,” said Dr Siddiqui. “In the first two years we focused on this, making sure the local community no longer had to travel abroad for treatment.”

Attracting patients from other emirates in certain fields of medicine remains a challenge. “For people from Abu Dhabi, from Dubai, it might not be the ideal choice to come to RAK for treatment,” said Dr Siddiqui. “To optimise the market, we realised we had to step outside the UAE.”

Five years ago RAK Hospital began treating patients from abroad for a range of complex issues, from neurosurgery to cancer and cardiac surgeries.

Outreach offices in countries including Iraq, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Pakistan and Bahrain allow doctors to follow up with patients after surgery is complete and they have returned home.

The 70-bed facility, which has a hair salon and spa, will be doubled in size as part of expansion plans over the next six months, which will also increase the number of intensive-care beds to 36.

“We haven’t yet ventured into cosmetic surgery but it’s very profitable,” Dr Siddiqui said. “The next stage is to focus on Bollywood stars, the rich and fa mous, where they can come and stay in the local resorts, charter planes here, do the surgery and nobody will know them.

“They can be discreet and be in a place where people will just think they’re holidaymakers.”

RAK Hospital’s chief executive and head of surgery, Dr Jean-Marc Gauer, came from Switzerland to work on the project. Being an hour from Dubai airport is a big advantage, he said. “A person from Dubai would be more hesitant to come here than would a person from a country such as Ethiopia,” Dr Gauer said. “It’s a challenge to bring the domestic population here.”

Perceptions of RAK as a destination and a healthcare provider are slowly changing as awareness increases, said Dr Anup Kumar Panigrahi, head of the hospital’s keyhole and bariatric surgery teams. “When we go to Dubai for conferences now, people have heard of RAK Hospital,” he said. “Three years ago it wasn’t the case. Now, it’s on the map.”

About 30 to 40 per cent of his laparoscopy patients come from Dubai because of a lack of such specialists in the emirate.

Dr Siddiqui said a good relationship with the tourism industry, travel agents and tour operators was key to taking the project further. “When we go to other countries, the first people we partner with are the travel agents,” he said. “They play a very important role.”

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source:  http://www.thenational.ae / The National, UAE / Home> UAE> Arts & Lifestyle / by Melanie Swan / July 10th, 2015

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Najib: Medical tourism expected to rake in $357m this year

Posted on July 10, 2015 | Comments Off on Najib: Medical tourism expected to rake in $357m this year
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak delivers an opening speech for the round table meeting of the World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF) Foundation and Alliance Forum Foundation (AFF) in Tokyo on May 26, 2015.

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak delivers an opening speech for the round table meeting of the World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF) Foundation and Alliance Forum Foundation (AFF) in Tokyo on May 26, 2015.

Putrajaya  :

Malaysia’s medical tourism industry continues to rake in more income for the country, with RM 1 billion (S$357 million) expected to come from healthcare travellers this year.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said medical tourism would be made “a priority area” for Malaysia so it could be the best in the region.

“Malaysia’s share of the medical tourism market has nearly doubled in the last four years.

“In 2014, it reached 770,000 patients, bringing in revenue of around RM700mil.

“This year, those figures are expected to rise further to 930,000 patients, and a revenue of RM1b.

“Compared with one of our neighbouring countries, we still have a long way to go.

“I intend to make this our priority area to enhance our competitiveness in the field of medical tourism,” said Najib, during the launch of the Malaysian Medical Association (MMA)’s “Fifty-Five Years 1959-2014” book at the Prime Minister’s office Tuesday.

He also expressed hope that the MMA will give its co-operation in giving the medical tourism industry a boost.

Present at the launch were Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam and MMA president Dr Ashok Zachariah Philip.

source: http://www.business.asiaone.com / Asia One Business / Home> News / by Jacob Kaos Jr. / The Star – Asia News Network / Tuesday -,June 30th, 2015

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International flights to Dubai to boost medical tourism

Posted on July 9, 2015 | Comments Off on International flights to Dubai to boost medical tourism

The much awaited international flight operation from Bhubaneswar airport to Dubai will be a boost to the medical tourism in the state, stakeholders feel.

“We have the information that Air India will commence operation from Bhubaneswar to Dubai via New Delhi. There will be daily flights from the city airport,” said Biju Patnaik International Airport Director, Sharad Kumar.

The traffic from the city airport can only be ascertained after the start of operation of the flight, he added.

Today officials from customs and immigration, central industrial security force (CISF), health and plant quarantine took stock of the facilities at the airport.

The trial run of the Air India flight is scheduled on July 8 and the scheduled operation is slated to begin on July 10.

Bhubaneswar Airport under the Airport Authority of India (AAI) is suitable for operation of Code ‘D’ aircraft of type B-767-400.

The airport is also equipped with night operation facilities, runway 14/32 of dimension 2743m X 45m, apron to park six aircrafts and navigational aids.

“The travellers will mostly comprise of Odia locals and leisure travellers. The international flight operations from Bhubaneswar will give a boost to the medical tourism,” said Debasis Patnaik, convenor, Invest Bhubaneswar.

As part of popularising the Nabakalebar festival and facilitating international travellers, it has been decided to start operation of international flights from Biju Patnaik airport. Air India will commence international operations before July 10 from Bhubaneswar to Dubai, said Dharmendra Pradhan Union minister of state for Petroleum and Natural Gas in a statement.

Travel agencies said, leisure travellers from Odisha will account for majority of total bookings to the United Arab Emirates.

To attract international fliers to the state, Odisha government has already slashed value added tax (VAT) on aviation turbine fuel (ATF) to zero from five per cent. The decision to waive off the tax was taken at meeting of state cabinet recently.

source: http://www.business-standard.com / Business Standard / Home> Current Affairs> News> Et cetra / by  BS Reporter / Bhubaneswar – June 29th, 2015

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