NADZ Healthcare joined the region's healthcare and hospitality communities at the second edition of the Forbes Middle East Medical Tourism and Wellness Summit, hosted at the Jumeirah Beach Hotel across the Janat Al Bahar and Verde Beach settings in Dubai.
Held in partnership with American Hospital Dubai, the summit ran over two days and hosted more than 100 speakers, bringing together experts, specialists, economic leaders, and decision makers from the region and around the world to exchange ideas on the future of health and wellness. For a home healthcare provider built around care delivered at the patient's location, the agenda sat directly on top of the work we do every day. Big News Network
A Sector Being Redefined at National Level
His Excellency Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri, UAE Minister of Economy and Tourism, opened the summit by underlining the sector's growing weight in the national economy and its role in strengthening the country's global competitiveness. He noted that tourism now accounts for around 13 percent of UAE GDP, generates roughly $70 billion, and supports more than 900,000 jobs. Zawya Finance 360
He also pointed to nearly 30 million visitors welcomed in 2024, the highest in the region, and more than 23 million hotel guests in the first nine months of 2025, representing 79.3 million room nights at occupancy above 79 percent.Looking ahead, he argued that medical tourism and wellbeing will increasingly depend on integrated systems built around artificial intelligence, advanced diagnostics, and telehealth, delivering experiences that feel seamless and trustworthy end to end. Zawya
Six Themes, More Than Twenty Panels
The programme featured over 20 panel discussions across mental, nutritional, and physical health alongside integrated wellness solutions, anchored in six major themes. Among these was the UAE National Strategy for Wellbeing 2031, aligned with We the UAE 2031 and UAE Centennial 2071.Sessions convened government leaders, healthcare providers, hospitality specialists, and investors, covering policy frameworks, emerging treatments, sustainable tourism models, and cross border partnerships. GCC Business News
The most valuable conversations happened where those groups overlap, because a single medical traveller's journey passes through a regulator, a hospital, a hotel, and an aftercare provider without ever seeing the joins.
What It Meant for NADZ
Representing NADZ Healthcare at the summit was [Name, Title], who spent the two days in sessions and conversations with clinicians, operators, and hospitality partners from across the region.
Much of what was discussed on stage describes the gap NADZ was built to close. Medical travellers arrive for a procedure or a programme, but the recovery, the follow up, the diagnostics, and the day to day support happen afterwards, often in a hotel suite or a private residence rather than a hospital ward. That is exactly where our DHA licensed doctors, nurses, and physiotherapists operate, reaching patients across Dubai with clinical care, IV therapy, lab testing, and post surgical support delivered on site.
The summit's emphasis on preventive care and longevity also mirrored a shift we see in our own client base. Demand is moving away from reactive, single visit treatment and toward continuous, personalised programmes built around diagnostics, monitoring, and lifestyle. Discretion matters as much as clinical quality for many of these patients, and that expectation is now shaping the wider market rather than sitting at its edge.
