Health and wellness travel is a multibillion-dollar business and emerging as one of the leading trends in the travel marketplace. It is also the fastest growing segment of travel that grows exponentially every year. 

Become Certified and Learn How to:  

  • Build a successful medical travel facilitator business
  • Educate your Individual and Corporate Clients on health and wellness travel
  • Add to your portfolio a new “niche” business model, focused on medical, dental and wellness travel
  • Market health & wellness travel
  • Select the best Healthcare Facilities & Providers
  • Build relationships with overseas hospitals
  • Plan hospital site visits
  • Become educated in quality, transparency, legal and privacy issues surrounding health and wellness travel
  • Learn how US Companies such as Lowe's, Pepsi and other corporations are implementing health and wellness travel as an approved corporate expense
  • Get certified by the leading organization in the industry

Certified Medical Travel Specialist™ (CMTS), created in conjunction with the Medical Tourism Association, is a certification of expertise that requires 8 hours of training/classes and can be completed either live in person at an event or online. In order to maintain certification after the required training, Certified Medical Travel Specialists™ are required to maintain 5 Hours per year for 3 years of continuing education credits, to stay up to date with the best practices and standards in the industry.  

The Certification for Medical Travel SpecialistTM was specifically developed for Travel Agents and those interested in starting a medical travel facilitation business. 


Benefits of Becoming a Certified Medical Travel Specialist™

Becoming a Certified Medical Travel Specialist™ provides you the opportunity to learn critical information in health and wellness travel. It provides you with a competitive edge in the industry by demonstrating to corporations and individuals that you: 

  • Have a higher level of understanding and knowledge of health & wellness travel 
  • Understand the complete process of health & wellness travel
  • Possess the training and knowledge to successfully understand the effects and implications of implementing a Health & Wellness Travel Program for Corporations and the best strategy for it
  • Are up to date with current best practices and rules in regards to health and wellness travel on an ongoing basis through continuing education courses required for re-certification 

The Certified Medical Travel Specialist™ Certification is Provided to Professionals Who: 

  • Pass a challenging 100+ question exam
  • Meet professional experience requirements  
  • Meet educational requirements
  • Maintain their medical travel specialty credentials through continuing education courses required in order to maintain Certified Medical Travel Specialist™ Certification 

 


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