Registration is now open for the “Well-Being Travel Conference 2012,” which will take place on June 19-21, 2012 at The Phoenician luxury resort in Scottsdale, Arizona Organizers say that the 3-day event is positioned to “make a major impact on the global health, wellness and medical travel industries because, for the first time, medical and wellness representatives will be placed face-to-face with travel providers and travel sellers who have worldwide customer databases”.
Participants from around the world are expected to attend, including key representatives from medical facilities, hospitals, dental facilities, spa/wellness facilities, insurance companies, tourist boards, travel agencies, and travel providers (including hotels and resorts, airlines, tour operators, cruise lines, car rental companies and ancillary travel services).
The co-sponsors of the event are Well-Being Travel and Travel Market Report (an online travel trade publication). “There are a variety of medical travel events being offered in the marketplace today, but none of them has yet provided a solution for a strong distribution system that effectively reaches consumers,” said Anne Marie Moebes, Executive Vice President of Well-Being Travel. “That system must include: travel sellers who are already booking all types of travel for their dedicated clients; destinations who want to promote their countries to medical travelers; hospitals and doctors who provide the procedures and pre/post medical care; wellness practitioners who administer alternative treatments; and travel industry suppliers who need to understand what products and services this special market segment needs. The Well-Being Travel Conference 2012 brings together all the key players for the greatest benefit of patient travelers.”
The event will explore medical and wellness tourism opportunities and set a direction for the future of this specialty market. Speakers from the world’s best health and travel organizations will educate and motivate on topics such as:
• Marketing and sales strategies to effectively reach consumers
• Setting global accreditation standards
• How Ministries of Health and Ministries of Tourism can work together to boost the economy
• Insights from actual patient travelers
• Future of wellness and medical travel product innovations
• Growth in preventive wellness treatments abroad
• Trends in employee health benefits programs
At the Well-Being Travel Conference 2012, resources will be provided so that participants from every segment of each industry involved in medical and wellness travel will depart from the event with an action plan to implement specialized travel offerings. An early bird registration rate will be available through January 31, 2012.
Well-Being Travel Conference 2012, www.well-beingtravelconference.com