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Oct 2011

Crescentrating’s Halal Friendly Travel Ranking to be announced in January 2012

Crescentrating will announce its Halal Friendly Travel Ranking 2012 (CRaHFT Ranking 2012) at the beginning of January 2012. Having published its Top 10 Halal Friendly Holiday Destination for 2011 last year, it will expand it...read more
Oct 2011

New International Halal SME report directory published

A new book has been published specifically for local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to assist in their quest to penetrate the international Halal arena by offering Halal industry reports, analysis, and statistics a...read more
Oct 2011

The Halal Market & Islamic Finance Relationship - 8th Kuala Lumpur Islamic Finance Forum 2011 (KLIFF)

Speakers discussed the convergence mechanism of Islamic Finance and Halal Market at the 8th Kuala Lumpur Islamic Finance Forum 2011 (KLIFF), organized by the Centre for Research and Training (CERT). The event, officiated by t...read more
Oct 2011

Getting to know Ishrat Rauff Managing Director/CEO of SAIF Capital and Adl Capital

Mohamed Adnan Ishrat Rauff, better known as Ishrat to his friends and family, is a prodigy in Islamic finance. He has spent the past 23 years in the financial sector and is now the Managing Director/CEO of two companies. He h...read more
Oct 2011

Dubai welcomes latest Hotel: Millennium Plaza

Dubai's newest hotel, Millennium Plaza, receives Crescentrating of 5. Muslim travelers in Dubai will soon have another Crescentrated Hotel to choose from during their travels: The Millennium Plaza Hotel in Dubai has been...read more
Sep 2011

Restaurant Terasa is the first certified Halal restaurant in Balkans

The Agency for Halal Quality Certification organized on August 25, 2011, the ceremony of issuing the first Halal Certificate for services - preparing and serving food in a restaurant and outside restaurant. Restaurant "Terasa...read more
Aug 2011

Experience Ramadhan 2011 in Singapore with Royal Plaza on Scotts

Ramadhan occurs every 9th month of the Islamic calendar when Muslims direct the heart away from worldly activities to cleanse the inner soul and free it from harm. One of the practices is to refrain from eating and drinking d...read more
Aug 2011

4 Crescent Rated Halal-Friendly Hotels in Singapore to Choose From

Marina Mandarin became the latest Crescentrated Hotel in Singapore to get the kitchen and food stations serving one of their restaurants (Aquamarine) Halal certified by MUIS. This meant that their Crescentrating was upgraded ...read more
Aug 2011

Meet the New Faces of Crescentrating

Azhar (Preena) will look at further developing Crescentrating's products and services and developing partners to work with Crescentrating worldwide. Having recently graduated from Aston Business School (Birmingham) UK with an...read more
Jul 2011

Qiblah Direction & Prayer Times - Straight from Your Crescent Rated Hotel

Crescentrating now brings you a feature that allows you to find the Qiblah direction and prayer times for any Crescentrated Hotel! Are you on vacation and want to know the direction you should pray or the accurate times? If y...read more
Jul 2011

Muslim Travelers and the Hospitality Industry Workshop - Colombo July 2011

Collaborating to enlighten hoteliers on the growth of Muslim tourists and the facilities needed to attract this specific market segment, the workshop highlighted staggering statistics, techniques to attract Muslim vacationers...read more
Jul 2011

Enabling Muslims to Explore the World with Peace of Mind

Muslims have a unique attribute when it comes to travel: from the time they understand the five basic pillars of Islam, they develop the lifelong desire to travel and perform Hajj. This has not only inspired many Muslims to b...read more
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Apr 2011

World's first Halal Food Index launched at the World Halal Forum

The SAMI Halal Food Index is championed by Rushdi Siddiqui, Global Head of Islamic Finance & OIC Countries, Thomson Reuters, in cooperation with Ideal Ratings, a leader in Shariah compliant fund management service and World H...read more
Dec 2010

1st Global Halal Congress in Pakistan resolves to strengthen Halal Industry

The Chief Guest, Speaker of the National Assembly, Dr. Fehmida Mirza, said that the TDAP is drafting up a Halal Certification Bill intending to give better exposure to Pakistan's exports to fulfill the requirements for the co...read more
Dec 2010

The 4 Crescent Rated Halal Friendly Hotels in Doha

The Chronicle is currently one of the main attractions in the city. It is a 7 Km palm-line public area on Doha Bay. It is also home to one of the best Islamic Arts Museums in the region. With the anticipated development of th...read more
Aug 2010

Record-breaking Traffic Continues at Queen Alia International Airport

As the prime air transport gateway for Jordan, QAIA stands as one of the fastest-growing hubs in the Middle East, with sustained increases in passenger traffic year-over-year, with volumes for the first half of this year reac...read more
Aug 2010

Halal (Friendly) Travel | Good for the economy and brings people together

The recent article "Halal Holidays in the Sun" on BBC and comments on different websites prompted me to write these few lines since there seems to be some misunderstanding about this Halal segment. Although consuming produ...read more
| Founder & CEO, CrescentRating Read more on..Opinion
Aug 2010

Halalfire to help American Halal to promote ready-to-eat halal meals in the US

Halalfire plans to leverage a decade of interactivity with the members and aggregate data on zabihah.com, the world's largest guide to Halal restaurants and products. In addition, Halalfire's iPhone apps, downloaded over 30,0...read more
Aug 2010

Singapore sees 20% year-on year rise in medical tourists from Middle East since 2006

Common procedures and treatments undertaken by ME visitors include live donor liver transplants, in-vitro fertilization (IVF), heart procedures, stem cell transplantations, and cancer treatments. "Middle East populations...read more
Aug 2010

Al Turaif Quarter in Al Dirr'iya, Saudi approved as World Heritage Site

In pursuit of a Royal decree issued in 2006, SCTA was assigned to finalize the registration procedures for several Saudi sites in the international list of urban heritage. These sites were Madain Saleh - registered in 2008, A...read more

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