Medical Tourism

1st Moscow Medical & Health Tourism Congress
18 March 2010
Within the MITT exhibition

“Exhibitors at Medical Tourism Stand”

The 1st Moscow Medical & Health Tourism Congress is the biggest event in this sector in the CIS, and an ideal platform for meeting major suppliers of medical services and representatives of the tourism business from around the world. The congress will be held within the MITT 2010 exhibition in Russia, where the potential of the medical tourism market is huge, and the final formation of the sector far from finished. This is a unique chance to develop your business and increase profitability.

Dedicated section at Mitt 2010 Exhibition:
To supplement the Congress, exhibition space is available at the special Medical Tourism section within Mitt 2010. This is a perfect opportunity to hold talks at your own stand during the whole Mitt 2010 show, March 17-20.

Congress participants:

Medical providers
Tour operators and travel agents
Clinic representatives and practising doctors
National tourism offices from around the world
Russian regional tourism administrations
Health resorts and spas
Insurance companies, hoteliers and airlines
Consulting companies and marketing offices

Plenary sessions, seminars, roundtables and working meetings:
to reserve the speaking slot, please choose one of the following topics

Medical and health tourism as a profitable business:

The rules of the business and market participants.
The pace of development of medical tourism worldwide; economic indicators.
Key trends and increasing sales.

The effect of the economic crisis on medical and health tourism:

Successful strategies and anti-crisis measures for companies in this sector.
The effect of the new conditions on the structure of effective demand.

Increasing the profitability of tourism companies through medical and health tourism

Expanding company activities with minimal expenditure.
Developing products and an optimal sales scheme (agents and direct sales).
A financial mini-plan.

Foreign medical tours:

The main factors of demand for medical services abroad.
Looking for quality medical assistance for patients from the CIS.
Key criteria for choosing a foreign clinic, doctor or health resort.

Medical tourism in Russia:

Increasing sales by using the benefits of health tourism programmes and treatment in Russia.
The best examples of the quality/price ratio.
Special considerations for providing services to foreign patients.

The role of the travel agent in medical tourism:

The specific features of selling health and medical tours.
Relations in the supplier-operator-travel agent chain.
The legal framework and an optimal scheme of work.

Increasing the competitiveness of companies. New ways of attracting clients:

Internally auditing company activity. Simple technologies.
Internet marketing, email marketing, blogs and social networks.
Company websites as a tool for sales.

Insurance and supplementary services:

Insurance for medical and health tourists.
Medical flights and emergency transportation of passengers with limited movement by regular flights.

Congress Speaker and Delegate registration rates:

Please click here to download the registration form

For more information about how you could take part in this important industry forum, please contact:
Nikolai Asatiani
ITE Moscow
asatiani@ite-expo.ru
Tel.: +7 (495) 935–7350 (ext. 4202)

Organised by:

ITE