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November 12, 2026
Unlocking the Future of Muslim-Friendly Travel in AHS Nexus Webinar 2026
CrescentRating's Dena Conchita joins AHS Nexus's global webinar to share actionable insights on Halal tourism trends, market opportunities, and accreditation.
Nov 2026
The Future of Indonesia’s Muslim-Friendly Tourism: Growth, Resilience, and AI
Explore Indonesia's Muslim-friendly tourism development: 250M Muslim demographic, $310B market potential, Tourism 5.0 with MaiA, and disaster risk resilience.
Nov 2026
Navigating Muslim-Friendly Assurance at the World Islamic Tourism Conference 2026
CrescentRating CEO Fazal Bahardeen joins the 5th World Islamic Tourism Conference 2026 at Zenith Kuantan to discuss Muslim-friendly assurance and enterprise.
Oct 2026
Indonesia Muslim Travel Index 2026: Jawa Barat Retains #1 as the Most Muslim-Friendly Province
West Java retains #1 in the Indonesia Muslim Travel Index 2026, followed by Central Java and Nusa Tenggara Barat across the four ACES criteria.
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Jul 2014
Destination Marketing Strategies for the Muslim Market
With destination marketing for the Muslim travel market, it is important to understand the needs and specific requirements of Muslim travellers.
Jul 2014
Europe To Host First-Ever International Conference On Halal Tourism
Europe is set to host first international conference on Halal tourism in Andalucia, Spain, to discuss ways of tapping into the Muslim travel market.
Jul 2014
Chiba to Become Japan\'s Muslim-Culture Centre
Chiba aims to earn the title of being the Muslim-friendly centre of Japan and hopes to attract more Muslim travellers in the future.
Jul 2014
Travel Habits/Patterns of Muslim Travelers
The sizeable Muslim tourist market is culturally diverse and widely distributed and therefore will have different habits and patterns of travel.
Staff Writer | Writer for CrescentRating
Jun 2014
How do Hotels Prepare for Ramadan?
Many Muslims now are traveling even during the month of Ramadan and therefore need to find Muslim-friendly hotels to stay at.
Jun 2014
Catering to the Middle Eastern Traveler
Middle Eastern travelers are amongst the highest-spending travel segments and usually travel in large groups.
Jun 2014
How to Train Hotel Staff to Serve Muslim Guests
Hotels wanting to cater to Muslim travelers need to provide Muslim-friendly facilities which would also require them to train their staff.
Jun 2014
Can you afford to ignore the Muslim segment in your marketing plan?
Many hotel chains & restaurants have realized the large market they are missing out on when they don’t provide Halal-friendly facilities for Muslims.
Jun 2014
Are Destinations & Airlines becoming Muslim-friendly?
With the increasing demand for better Muslim travel facilities and Halal food products, many countries are making an effort to capture this market.
May 2014
The Muslim travel industry is taking the world by storm!
Non-Muslim countries world-wide are attempting to become more Muslim-friendly in order to cater to the increasing number of Muslim tourists.
Mar 2014
CrescentRating Ranking of Top 10 Halal Food Facebook Pages and Websites 2014
CrescentRating has compiled a list of the best Halal food Facebook pages and websites for Muslim travellers in the year 2014.
Feb 2014
Crescentrating releases 2014 Halal-friendly holiday destination rankings
Crescentrating has released the rankings of the best Halal-friendly holiday destinations for Muslim travellers for the year 2014.
Feb 2014
Top Halal-Friendly Holiday Destinations 2014
CrescentRating has revealed its list of the best Halal-friendly holiday destinations for Muslim travellers in the year 2014!
Jan 2014
Southeast Asia's first 5 star hotel accredited with highest Halal-friendly rating by CrescentRating
Grand BlueWave Hotel Shah Alam has been granted the best Halal-friendly hotel rating of 7 based on the Muslim-friendly facilities it offers Muslims.
Jan 2014
Top 10 Halal Friendly Holiday Destinations for 2012 Announced
CrescentRating has announced its rankings for the best 10 Halal Friendly Holiday Destinations for Muslim travellers in the year 2012!
Dec 2013
CrescentRating launches HalalTrip.com-The world’s first full-featured travel booking site for Muslims
HalalTrip.com is the world’s first full-fledged travel booking site that specializes in catering to the needs of the Muslim traveler.
Oct 2013
10 reasons why travel is a key vertical in the Halal market space - Part 4
Read more about the faith based needs of Halal conscious travellers and the business opportunities it provides.
Fazal Bahardeen | Writer for CrescentRating
Oct 2013
10 reasons why travel is a key vertical in the Halal market space - Part 3
With Halal-friendly facilities such as Halal food being increasingly available, Muslim travellers are now exploring new destinations around the world.
Fazal Bahardeen | Writer for CrescentRating
Oct 2013
10 reasons why travel is a key vertical in the Halal market space - Part 2
Muslim travellers have unique travel characteristics. The Muslim travel market provides a sustainable growth segment for the travel industry.
Fazal Bahardeen | Writer for CrescentRating
Sep 2013
10 reasons why travel is a key vertical in the Halal market space - Part 1
The Muslim travel market is growing at a rapid rate and Muslim-friendly travel is being taken seriously by stakeholders in the travel industry.
Fazal Bahardeen | Writer for CrescentRating
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