20-Jan-17 Private jet company L’Voyage is seeing growing interest in overseas medical and wellness trips from China. The ultra-rich prefer to fly by private jet and are increasingly choosing Europe and the US for treatments, drugs and technologies not available in China. Global Growth Markets estimates that 4,300 ultra-rich Chinese sought treatments overseas in 2015. [image: International Medical Travel Journal]

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23-Nov-16 Ctrip announced it has invested in IVF USA, a US-based IVF company. IVF USA has partnered with seven eminent reproductive health centers in the United States. The company has aided nearly 1,000 Chinese families in conceiving. Ctrip said that it has a good chance of venturing into medical tourism as it has 250 mn registered users. [image: IVF USA / China Travel News]

23-Nov-16 9.5% of high-end Chinese travellers visiting the US in 2015 did so for medical tourism purposes, a survey of 623 travellers by media company i2i China has found. [image: i2i China]

07-Nov-16 The New York based specialty orthopedic center, Hospital for Special Surgery, has begun to offer services to medical facilities around the world. The hospital is focusing on opportunities in Asia, the Persian Gulf and Latin America, said Laura Robbins, SVP of Global & Academic Affairs. “We were getting a lot of inquiries from healthcare systems and hospitals around the world." [image: Hospital for Special Surgery]