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Curacao Caribbean holiday for those with kidney disease requiring dialysis treatments

I thought this article was very interesting. We were speaking about travel business concepts not too long ago. Here's another pefect example of an underserved niche market:

Those who live with kidney disease often require dialysis treatments that last as long as three hours, three times a week. It's a gruelling schedule that tethers patients to their clinics, making travel virtually impossible.

That's all changed – at least in Curacao – thanks to Jacob Gelt Dekker. An entrepreneur who has not only developed two of the finest hotels on the island, as well as the Museum Kura Hulanda, a world-renowned display of black history, Dekker saw a need and filled it.

Building the centre beside his luxury resort made it possible for travellers with kidney disease to enjoy all the amenities of a five-star hotel without missing a treatment.

Posted by James Trotta at September 26, 2007 6:20 AM | TrackBack