The 4th annual WMT&GHC announces the Gold Coast Medical Tourism Association as a bronze sponsor

Sept. 30, 2011 - PRLog -- The Gold Coast Medical Tourism Association was formed recently by a group of tourism, medical and business professionals to launch the Gold Coast, Queensland Australia as the destination capital of Australia for medical travel. The vision of the association is focused on promoting the highest quality medical and surgical treatment available in comfortable and well equipped facilities situated in an environment conducive to accessing treatment in a relaxed, nurturing seaside vacation location. The Gold Coast not only has hospitals that feel like hotels but beautiful coastline and a great variety of holiday activities to cater to the most discerning of travelers.

“The Gold Coast Medical Tourism Association aims to establish itself as a premier medical/surgical destination as a unique new alternative for medical travelers seeking fast access to world class specialist treatment in a peaceful vacation destination via the various networking opportunities available at the 4th World Medical Tourism Congress . Our goal is to launch the Gold Coast Australia as a viable quality alternative for medical travel”, stated Felicity Layani, practice manager for the Gold Coast Medical Tourism Association. “ We consider that the 4th World Medical Tourism Congress is the perfect event for buyers of quality healthcare to consider the Gold Coast, Australia as the best new solution within South East Asia to offer high quality treatment with excellent patient outcomes in a clean, safe and beautiful location”, she added.

This is the one event per year where Employers, Self Funded Health Plans, Insurance Companies, and Medical Tourism Facilitators that are looking to outsource healthcare overseas have the opportunity to meet with top International Hospitals and Medical Tourism Companies in one place for the ultimate networking event. As a sponsor, the Gold Coast Medical Tourism Association will receive multiple benefits including international branding throughout the conference.

This year, the Medical Tourism Association has allocated a significant portion of the Congress budget to bring in up to 400 buyers of healthcare that includes global multinational employers, insurance companies and health insurance agents. The conference will feature up to140 exhibitors and sponsors, over 100 expert speakers and up to 1,500 attendees from over 87 countries.

The conference is the dedicated annual event of the Medical Tourism Association, the nonprofit trade association in the Medical Tourism industry,   http://www.medicaltourismassociation.com and media partner Medical Tourism Magazine, http://www.medicaltourismmag.com the only dedicated magazine for the medical tourism and global healthcare industry, and by Medical Tourism City, http://www.medicaltourismcity.com, a social network for the medical tourism and global healthcare industry with over one thousand participants from over sixty countries.

The 4th World Medical Tourism and Global Healthcare Congress will also feature four additional conferences, the Global Benefits Conference, http://www.globalbenefitsconference.com, focusing on international employers and insurance companies, the Healthcare Development Conference, http://www.healthcaredevelopmentconference.com, focusing on the growth of medical tourism in the healthcare sector and the building and development of healthcare facilities around the world, the Healthcare Investment Conference, http://www.healthcareinvestmentconference.com, creating awareness about healthcare investment opportunities around the world and the Health and Wellness Conference, http://www.wellnessconference.com focusing on the continuous growing health and wellness industry.

For more information contact: cristina@medicaltourismcongress.com

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The 4th World Medical Tourism and Global Healthcare Congress is the largest medical tourism event in the world with up to 1,500 attendees and up to 120 exhibitors / sponsors.