For a World Of Good HealthTM

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For a World Of Good HealthTM
www.healthtravelguides.com
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Health Travel A 100 Billion Opportunity How
Mexico Can Take The Lead
Presented byAlex Marxer, COO
Co-Founder Health Travel Guides, Inc.
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Contents
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1 Definition

• Health Travel (Medical Tourism)
• The act of traveling abroad to obtain health
  care.
• In 2006, the health travel industry grossed about
  60 billion worldwide.
• 30 - 70 cheaper than the U.S.
• U.S. health traveler confidence growing

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2 Problem

• Starbucks spends more on health care than on
  coffee beans.
• New York Times, Nov. 16, 2006
• 48 million Americans without health insurance.
• Insurance premiums growing at 4x worker
  earnings.
• 130 million Americans without dental insurance
• 2.2 million bankruptcies due to medical bills
  the 1 reason
• (77 had health insurance!)
• Demand for cosmetic procedures experiencing 10
  years
• of double digit growth
• fueled by wealthy, aging baby boomers and
  proliferation of reality makeover programming
• U.S. health care costs now 12.6 of GDP
  (developed world
• average is 6)

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3 Opportunity
U.S. GDP 13,613 Billion 100
Source U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of
Economic Analysis, 1st Quarter 2007 Report -
Table 3, released May 31, 2007
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4 Solution

• Health Travel Guides is uniquely able to provide
  Mexico with the tools to
• capitalize on the booming American demand for
  Mexican health care.
• HTG is a spinoff of ResortCom, which is 80
  Mexican-owned.
• currently servicing 1 million travelers to
  Mexico spending 500 million annually
• HTG has the technology and marketing power to
  harness the existing
• and future profitability of medical travel
• a software platform designed for the travel
  industry, to manage hotel, airline, doctor,
  facility inventory
• marketing and website development expertise
• scalability, so Mexico health care providers can
  grow as fast as market demand

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5 Global Players

• India
• Currently touted as future hub of health travel
  growth
• More than 500,000 health travel patients in 2005
• Investing USD 3.6B
• McKinsey estimates India medical tourism at 2.3B
  by 2012
• Singapore
• more accredited facilities than any other country
• Nearly 400,000 health travelers in 2005
• Thailand
• More than 1 million health travelers treated in
  2005
• One Bangkok hospital serving over 500,000 health
  travelers per year
• Philippines
• Dedicated Ministry for Medical Tourism

Mexico should be 1
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6 Opportunity
Mexico should be 1

• Easy and inexpensive access - over 400,000
  Americans crossed the border last year
• World class physicians and facilities
• Large ex-pat communities
• Accustomed to dealing with American patients
• Health Travel Guides

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7 Call to Action

• Government support
• Credential facilities
• Provide competitive pricing
• Actively market - join HTG provider network

Mexico should be 1
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For a World Of Good HealthTM
www.healthtravelguides.com
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8 Partners and Providers
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9 Current Locations
San Francisco Headquarters
San Diego Operations and Main Call Center
Ft. Lauderdale Call Center
Mexico Provider Partners
Mexico City Call Center
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10 How HTG Works
Health Travelers
Affiliate Web Site (indirect)

• Business-to-Business
• OTAs (Orbitz, Expedia, Yahoo)
• Insurance (Cigna, Kaiser, On Call)
• Medical (Mayo Clinic, RevolutionHealth)

HTG Web Site (direct)
Customer Interface
Contact Centers (Multi-lingual, in-house and
outsourced)
Community (Lithium)Blogs, Knowledge Base,
Ratings, Forums, Feedback
Affiliate Interface
Web Services Integration
Financial Loan Servicing Collections CC
Processing Acct/Reporting
Financial Services Lenders, Credit Card
Services, Banks, Insurance
Health Care Procedure, Provider,
LocationResearch, Scheduling, Booking
Affiliate ServicesPre-Op and Post-Op
Services, Onsite Support, Nurse
Concierge, Telemedicine, Electronic
Medical Records
Travel Hotel Rental InventoryAir
Travel/GDS Hotel, Car Booking Engines Dynamic
Packaging
Travel Transportation, Lodging, Activities,
Concierge
Marketing Data warehouse,Multi-Channel
Marketing, Local Presentations
CRM
Medical Provider Interface
Hospitals
Doctors