MEDICAL TOURISM OR GLOBAL HEALTHCARE?
Imagine a patient who needs two operations: a hip or knee replacement surgery that would cost about $36,600 in the United States, costs only $4,000 in Malaysia. Heart valve surgery in India can be had ...
HOTEL OF TOMORROW: PROJECTS AND IDEAS
The Hotel of Tomorrow (HOT) Project, organized by Getty, a Chicago based design firm and Hospitality Design Group intends to apply technologies (that are currently under further research) to improve ...
AMERICAN EXPRESS SAYS TRAVEL COSTS RISE
American Express Global Business Travel Forecast says that airfares worldwide will increase in 2007. However, the growth will be slower than it was in 2006. The hotel and car rental rates are also ex ...
BAHRAIN BECOMES THE NEW MIDDLE EAST HOT SPOT
The small country Bahrain, just east of Saudi Arabia, is becoming the Middle East’s top tourist attraction. Tourist spending has been exceeding USD 1 billion almost every year since the turn of the mi ...
IRISH GOVERNMENT AIMS TO BREAK RECORDS
2006 has been a wonderful year for the Irish tourism industry, with record numbers of North Americans and British people visiting the “Emerald isle”. To be exact, Ireland this year has so far welcomed ...