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Mexico Assisted Living Provides Assisted Living Services in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Posted on August 19, 2014 | Comments Off on Mexico Assisted Living Provides Assisted Living Services in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico  :

Mexico Assisted Living provides a new opportunity for senior people, who live in America and Canada to spend assisted living vacation in the appealing beach resort, Puerto Vallarta in Mexico. They will be able to combine pleasure with beneficial activities to improve their health at very low costs.

More and more people from Canada and America choose Puerto Vallarta as a Mexican top destination for assisted living vacation or retirement due to a variety of reasons. This place is recognized as especially appealing dental and medical tourism destination because of the professional doctors and dentists and affordable medical procedures that cost about a tenth part of what they would have to pay for the same treatment in their own countries.

This explains the fact that people prefer to live in Mexico after their retirement, when they will no longer worry about the expenses they will pay for caregivers and doctors. Mexico Assisted Living Company offers people a room with all the needed amenities in it and appropriate care for just $3000 per month. The rooms feature an ocean panorama and provide patients with the opportunity to combine natural and medical treatment, taking advantage of sun and various water activities.

The customers can choose between various low cost procedures offered at Mexico Assisted Living. A massage that continues for an hour costs less than $20, while having a lunch in a great restaurant, located on the very beach, will cost people between 10 and 20 dollars.

Mexico Assisted Living Company offers 24 hour care, nurses and a doctor, who live on site and are always available to help, two swimming pools, air conditioning, direct access to the beach, and much more. Patients are able to enjoy TV with more than 60 channels and Internet in their rooms and use their medical alert necklaces at any time to signalize for emergency, resting assured that the caregivers will immediately respond. There are wheelchairs available in the whole community and the activity director schedules daily activities for people.

Adults may meet in the large common areas to share their stories and make new friends, or just to interact with other patients and to not feel alone. The company offers also transportation to different medical or dental appointments. Three meals per day are included and the customers can visit Tiki Bar.

The company offers several services to meet the needs of tourists. These are vacation stay, senior vacations, where senior people can choose to stay for a period of a few days to a month or so, and assisted living with high quality care and low prices, with all inclusive and where doctors and nurses are reachable 24 hours a day.

All, who are interested in this opportunity, can visit http://www.mexicoassistedliving.com for more information.

source: http://www.digitaljournal.com / Digital Journal / Home> Press Release /Puerto Vallarta, Mexico / ReleaseWire / August 15th, 2014

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50 mega tourist circuits to be developed

Posted on August 1, 2014 | Comments Off on 50 mega tourist circuits to be developed

New Delhi  :

For giving a major thrust to the tourism sector, government is planning to develop 50 mega tourist circuits in the country.

“50 mega tourist circuits will be developed in the country out of which work on five mega circuits will be taken up this year,” Tourism Minister Sripad Naik  said here on sidelines of a book release function.

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He said there are many ways to boost tourism like eco tourism, wellness tourism, village and agro tourism.

Asked whether the tourism ministry is against pubs for promoting tourism, Naik said, “It is not like that. If there is something within legal framework we are not against it. We will support it.”

Earlier, Naik released a coffee table book on the ITDC  flagship hotel Ashok.

Written by travel writers Hugh and Colleen Gantzer, the book titled “The Ashok-Capital Icon” captures the history of the Ashok hotel from the time of its conceptualisation in 1955 till present.

Speaking on the occasion, ITDC  Managing Director Sameer Sharma  said, “this is a proud moment for us to revisit all those cherished moments of our glorious history and share them with all of you as priceless treasures.”

source: http://www.articles.economictimes.com / The Economic Times / Home> Industry / PTI / July 17th, 2014

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New Data on the Global Wellness, Spa and Wellness Tourism Industries Will Be Released at 2014 GSWS

Posted on July 31, 2014 | Comments Off on New Data on the Global Wellness, Spa and Wellness Tourism Industries Will Be Released at 2014 GSWS

The Global Spa & Wellness Summit announced today that its centerpiece research initiative to be released at the 2014 conference (being held Sept. 10-12 in Marrakesh, Morocco) would be fresh data on three critical, global industry sectors: the wider wellness industry, the spa industry and the wellness tourism market. Undertaken with long-time research partner SRI International, the new “Global Spa and Wellness Economy” report will include new data on:

  • Global and regional spa revenues and locations, total spa industry employment and economic impact, benchmarking of key spa industry “clusters” (whether spa-related hospitality or beauty segments) – along with first-ever research on new sub-segments like the global hot springs market.
  • The wider, global wellness industry and the individual market clusters that comprise it, including fitness/mind-body, nutrition/weight loss, complementary/alternative medicine, corporate wellness and beauty/anti-aging, etc.
  • The global and regional wellness tourism markets (revenues, trips, etc.) 

The GSWS also announced that the “big numbers” on these global wellness markets will now be updated every year. And for 2014, eleven industry sponsors have stepped forward to underwrite this much-needed research: Spafinder Wellness, Inc., Delos LLC, Massage Envy, MINDBODY, NATURA BISSÉ, Biologique Recherche, Bon Vital’, ESPA, Jhana, Noel Asmar and WTS International.

“So many private and public industry stakeholders have told me how invaluable the GSWS-SRI data on the spa, wellness and wellness tourism markets has been in shaping their development strategies and in raising their profile with both investors and consumers. And now they will be getting the crucial data they need annually,” said Susie Ellis, Chairman and CEO of the GSWS. “Research is the most altruistic of our sponsorship categories. And the eleven industry thought-leaders that are underwriting this year’s report are helping the hundreds of thousands of spa and wellness businesses both learn and grow.”

Mia Kyricos, Chief Brand Officer at Spafinder Wellness, Inc., which led the research sponsorship at the Titanium level, noted, “The importance of good industry benchmarking data simply cannot be underestimated, and given the pace at which the spa and wellness industries evolve, fresh numbers and analyses are always needed. We’re constantly seeking the best sources of global data for our business – and the thousands of businesses we support in the marketplace – and we simply wouldn’t have it without the work of the GSWS.”

Take the Survey: SRI International is currently conducting a global survey to support this research. If you’re a spa business, consultant, product company, association, educational organization or media company, please help the industry by taking their short survey here.

source: http://www.digitaljournal.com / Digital Journal / Home> Press Release / PRWeb.com Newswire , New York (NY) / July 15th, 2014

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Nominees for Inaugural Wellness Travel Awards

Posted on July 11, 2014

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New York, NY Spafinder Wellness 365 today announced the nominees for the first-ever Wellness Travel Awards, the only awards that recognize the spas, hotels, resorts and retreats worldwide dedicated to offering experiences and environments that leave visitors healthier when they check … Continue reading →

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Medical Tourism Business Gets 50 Mln Yuan from Investment Company

Posted on July 6, 2014 | Comments Off on Medical Tourism Business Gets 50 Mln Yuan from Investment Company

Chinese firm that helps patients travel to well-known hospitals in countries like U.S. and Britain gets the backing of Sequoia Capital China

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By staff reporter Li Yan

(Beijing) :

An international investment company signed an agreement on June 16 to invest 50 million yuan in a Chinese company specializing in medical tourism.

Sequoia Capital China signed the agreement with Beijing Saint Lucia Consulting Co. Ltd., the first investment deal in the country’s growing medical tourism industry.

Saint Lucia Consulting is a member of the Medical Tourism Association (MTA), which is based in the United States. The MTA is a global non-profit association for the medical tourism and “international patient” industries.

Being a member of MTA allows the company to negotiate with foreign hospitals directly, said Cai Qiang, the founder of Saint Lucia Consulting. The company sends employees to help patients during their journey to get medical treatment overseas. The workers help patients plan travel, take care of medical records and get approval from foreign hospitals.

Only a few Chinese companies cooperate with foreign organizations to provide these services. Saint Lucia Consulting has signed agreements with many top hospitals in the United States, Britain, Germany, South Korea and Singapore. It works with Massachusetts General Hospital and Mayo Clinic in the United States, and Wellington Hospital and Royal Brompton Hospital in Britain.

“The demand for overseas medical services will be great in the future,” said Zhou Kui, a partner at Sequoia Capital.

Sequoia Capital China carried out a review of Saint Lucia Consulting, sending specialists to carry out research at its overseas partner hospitals, Zhou said.

“We do not expect the investment to provide a return in a short period,” he said. “It targets long-term growth.”

The investment will help Saint Lucia Consulting provide more high-quality services, Cai said, but it still might not be ready to expand quickly.

Saint Lucia Consulting was registered in April 2011 in Beijing with capital of 8.8 million yuan. It is the largest overseas medical service provider in China, the company’s website said. It became a member of the MTA in 2011.

On May 23, the Mayo Clinic signed an agreement with Saint Lucia Consulting to receive Chinese patients through the company.

Over the past five years, the number of Chinese patients going to Mayo Clinic rose from 30 to about 200, said Melissa Goodwin, director of the clinic’s international office.

Sequoia Capital set up Sequoia Capital China with Chinese businessmen in September 2005. It mainly focuses on the fields of technology, media, medical services and energy. It has invested in 150 companies, including about 30 listed firms. The health care industry is its second largest target, getting about 25 percent of its total investment, Zhou said.

(Rewritten by Guo Kai)

source: http://www.english.caixin.com / Caixin Online / Home> Business & Industry> Top Stories Industry / by Staff Reporter Li Yan / June 18th, 2014

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