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CrescentRating's founder and CEO presented international expertise on halal tourism development at a conference in Hue City alongside experts from Malaysia, Singapore and Islamic scholars.
Astro AwaniMalay
South China Morning Post
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The Standard
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A new Muslim visitor guide to Jeju Island has been launched to highlight which facilities for Muslims are available at this South Korean destination.
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Tourism Australia has launched a new visitor guide for Muslim tourists & the Muslim travel market to promote itself as a Muslim-friendly destination.
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CrescentRating has launched a new Halal travel glossary providing access to a wealth of Muslim-friendly terminology used in the Muslim travel market.
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CrescentRating and HalalTrip will be exhibiting at this year’s Arabian Travel Market in Dubai to launch innovations that revolutionise Halal travel.
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Sonesta Hotel El Olivar - a luxury five-star hotel located in the heart of the San Isidro district of Lima, recently became the first hotel in Peru to
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Hotel Granvia Kyoto is a Halal-friendly hotel located in Japan that offers many Muslim-friendly services and facilities for its Muslim guests.
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Malay Mail
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 — Entrepreneurs in the Islamic tourism segment need to improve their understanding of the halal aspects to enable them to identify unique selling points for their respective tourism products. Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri said this would also...
The Malaysian Reserve
The Islamic Tourism Centre (ITC) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (JAKIM) to develop Malaysia's Islamic tourism by enhancing the latter’s Institut Pengajian Islam dan Dakwah Sabah (IPDAS).With the collaboration, IPDAS is now able to provide new Islamic tourism programmes which are Diploma in Islamic Tourism, Diploma in Creative Teachings, Diploma in Digital Teachings, and Bachelor of Contemporary Teachings.
The Star
Even with the Covid-19 pandemic, Malaysia is still the best destination for Muslim travellers, according to the MasterCard-CrescentRating Global Muslim Travel Index (GMTI) 2021.
Malay Mail
KUALA LUMPUR, July 14 — Malaysia has once again topped the list of best Muslim-friendly holiday destinations for Muslim travellers according to MasterCard-CrescentRating Global Muslim Travel Index (GMTI) 2021. Malaysia remained the top-ranked destination in the GMTI 2021 as it had been since the...
The Malaysian Reserve
YOUNG female Muslim travellers have been the drivers in the tourism industry. Pear Anderson founding partner Hannah Pearson quoted a MasterCard Credit Rating Study in 2018 that said 63 million female Muslim travellers, between the ages of 18 and 40 years, spent a total of US$80 billion (RM334.5 billion). “Female Muslim travellers are highly influential when it comes to travel decisions,” she said at the launch of the first Islamic Tourism Centre (ITC) Corporate Forum yesterday.
The Star
Malaysia's diverse cuisine heritage has the potential to attract a growing international Muslim tourism segment, said the Islamic Tourism Centre (ITC).
Free Malaysia Today
The Economic Outlook 2020 report says the number of tourist arrivals is expected to expand following the launch of Visit Malaysia 2020.
New Straits Times
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has taken the top spot in the MasterCard-CrescentRating Global Muslim Travel Index (GMTI) for the ninth year in a row, but for the first time it is sharing that position with Indonesia.
thesundaily.my
LOCATED on the south-western side of Taiwan island, the city of Kaohsiung has enjoyed a recent upswing in the number of Muslim tourists, particularly from East Asia, over the past several years. This is due to various initiatives and efforts by the Taiwan Tourism Bureau to attract more visitors from the region.
New Straits Times
Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) is targeting to expand Malaysian tourists arrivals in the country particularly among the Muslims community.
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CrescentRating (Crescentrating Pte. Ltd.) is the leading authority on Halal travel and tourism. The company uses insights, industry intelligence, lifestyle, behavior and research on the needs of the Muslim traveler to deliver authoritative guidance on all aspects of Halal travel to organizations across the globe. Founded in 2008, CrescentRating services are used by every tier of the tourism industry, from government bodies and tourism agencies to hospitality service providers, to better serve the needs of the Muslim traveler. CrescentRating’s products and services include rating & accreditation, research & consultancy, training, and certification (CR Academy), industry reports, Halal-In-Travel conferences, HalalChefWorld program, destination marketing and content provisioning.
Fazal Bahardeen
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, CrescentRating
Based in Singapore
Fazal Bahardeen is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of CrescentRating. He pioneered the field of Halal travel research and accreditation, and remains the principal author of the methodologies — ACES, RIDA and the Accessible Travel Framework — that underpin how the industry now measures Muslim-friendly readiness.
Raudha Zaini
Chief Operating Officer, CrescentRating
Based in Singapore
Raudha Zaini is Chief Operating Officer at CrescentRating, responsible for the operational infrastructure that keeps research, events, accreditation and platform programs running across global markets.
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