“Well-Being Travel Conference 2012” Opens Registration

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Registration is now open for the ground-breaking “Well-Being Travel Conference 2012,” which will take place on June 19-21, 2012 at The Phoenician luxury resort in Scottsdale, Arizona (www.well-beingtravelconference.com). 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.

“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”

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 (the go-to resource for medical and wellness travel) and Travel Market Report (an online travel trade publication that represents the voice of travel sellers worldwide).

“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. To find out more about attending the Well-Being Travel Conference 2012 or participating as a sponsor, visit www.well-beingtravelconference.com or contact Debbie Press (888-854-0339 or dpress@well-beingtravel.com).

Well-Being Travel was launched last year by American Marketing Group, Inc. (a powerhouse organization with a 41-year history that owns 18 travel brands in the global travel industry). Well-Being Travel is the go-to resource for medical tourism, bringing together the medical and travel industries in a breakthrough partnership. The international organization’s 3,265 travel agents in 24 countries have long-term relationships with hoteliers and airlines and they fulfill the travel arm of the medical travel transactions. Well-Being Travel’s alliance with Companion Global Healthcare delivers strong relationships with leading hospitals and doctors around the world, and oversees the medical arrangements. This is the first time that the travel agent distribution channel has paired up with the medical industry in this highly integrated fashion to provide the very finest service to patient travelers.

Travel Market Report is an online travel industry news media written in the voice of and designed to be a forum for travel sellers across the globe. E-published weekly by American Marketing Group, Inc., Travel Market Report covers the issues that travel sellers face in operating their businesses, as well as news within the travel industry and in the legislative and regulatory arenas. It also reports on critical travel market niches where there is opportunity for growth, such as Meetings and Incentive, Medical and Wellness, Leisure Travel and Corporate Sales.