KUALA LUMPUR, January 8, 2009: www.malaysiahealthcare.com (MHC) today announced its appointment as a media partner in the Healthcare Travel Exhibition & Congress 2009 organized by IBC Asia Pte. Ltd., scheduled from 28 - 30 June at the Fairmont Hotel in Singapore.

As a complete facilitator for health tourism, MHC acts as a most convenient channel to network, integrate, facilitate and manage all aspects of health tourism - for both the health tourist as well as the service providers i.e. hospitals, medical service providers, travel agents, insurance providers, airlines, hotels, etc.

MHC provides tourists a one-stop destination for all medical and tourism related needs, by bringing together all related service providers on a single platform to Malaysia.

“This conference is an ideal platform to showcase our core services as a complete facilitator of medical tourism to the industry players who are interested to network, interact and establish partnerships during the event,” according to Vijayan Samuel, COO of MHC.

Healthcare Travel Exhibition & Congress 2008, under the guiding theme of ‘The Globalisation of Healthcare’, brings together the entire cluster involved in medical travel at one specific event that is dedicated to the development of this growing sector.

Malaysia looks set to become a major Asian player in the thriving market for health/medical tourism. For the first nine months of 2008, over 282,000 foreigners came to Malaysia for medical treatment, generating revenue of about RM222.25mil – a 16% increase from the year before.

“We are looking forward to a successful conference in Singapore this year, and hope that the objectives of the organizers and participants are met to further spur the growth of this industry globally,” Samuel continues.

MHC helps health/medical tourists to do away with cumbersome arrangements with the numerous service providers for the multitude components of his/her treatment needs and holiday to Malaysia.

Using www.malaysiahealthcare.com – health/medical tourists can plan, arrange and manage their complete medical treatment and holiday in Malaysia from the comfort of their homes.
For example, besides choosing a hospital of their choice in Malaysia, health/medical tourists can conduct due diligence on relevant doctors or specialists before selecting a doctor or a specialist online. Furthermore, MHC allows users direct contact with the doctor or specialist, to seek consultation on the procedures and advice on possible options of treatment.

The MHC portal was officially launched by the Malaysian Minister of Tourism in Dubai, United Arab Emirates in May 2006.