Malaysia Healthcare Gears for Industry Resilience with insigHT2021

KUALA
LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – Media
OutReach – 2 November 2021 – The Malaysia
Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC) will be hosting insigHT2021, the region’s
leading medical travel market intelligence conference, which is set to take
place virtually this 16 to 18 November. Themed Forging Resilience, insigHT2021 will focus on how the
global medical travel industry can remain resilient in manoeuvring through
uncertainties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Now
in its sixth instalment, the conference has grown to attract many international
speakers and audiences, who recognise insigHT2021 as a platform to strategise
and collaborate in sustaining and growing the healthcare travel industry.

“The global severity of
the pandemic has posed several challenges for the medical travel industry value
chain due to prolonged lockdowns on both the local and international scale. “It
is crucial that the medical travel industry turns lessons learnt from COVID-19 into
actionable strategies. This is where insigHT plays the role as a fodder for ideas
to drive the industry forward into the future,” said Mohd Daud Mohd
Arif, Chief Executive Officer of MHTC. “However, if there is one thing we can
take from the pandemic, it is that cross collaboration is crucial in
accelerating industry recovery and our
nation’s healthcare landscape moving forward,” he added.

insigHT2021 is poised as a catalyst for cross collaboration as the
conference gathers key speakers and experts across various sectors of the value
chain to share insights on post-pandemic recovery strategies and opportunities
for industry resilience. Participants stand to benefit from live Q&A
sessions with regional speakers, roundtable discussions, networking
with experts from various industries through private meetings and downloading
e-business cards as well as gaining access to on-demand videos from
the conference. Among topics that will be discussed during the conference
include reimaging the health system, the future of healthcare and well-being,
and rebuilding hospitality.

Joining insigHT2021 are an esteemed line-up of
speakers, comprising of global thought leaders and experts in the field of
medical travel. They include: YB Khairy Jamaluddin (Minister of Health
Malaysia), Ir. Rizki Handayani, MBTM (Deputy Minister for Tourism
Product and Events, Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy of Republic of
Indonesia), YBhg. Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah (Director
General, Ministry of Health Malaysia), Datuk Musa Hj. Yusof (Deputy Director
General (Promotion), Tourism Malaysia), Aireen Omar (President – AirAsia
Digital, AirAsia Group), Nongyao Jirundorn (Tourism Authority of Thailand), Michel
Julian (UNWTO Spain), and Arnaud Bauer (L.E.K. Consulting).

“Through initiatives such as insigHT2021, we will
continue to build trust for Malaysia Healthcare as a thought
leader for the industry. Our priority during this recovery period is to forge
resilience for the sector driven by collaboration with industry players to further
build a conducive and sustainable healthcare travel ecosystem,” Mohd Daud concluded.

insigHT2021 is supported by TM One (Digital
Partner), Tourism Malaysia, Tourism Selangor, IMM Carehub, and Magicopper. For
more information and to register for insigHT2021, visit www.mhtc.org.my/insigHT2021. To download the insigHT2021 e-brochure, click here.