SINGAPORE, December 18, 2013, The travel industry has been lacking a dedicated travel booking site catering to the needs of Muslims. All that is changed with the acquisition of HalalTrip.com by Crescentrating, the world’s leading authority on Halal Travel. It is now re-launching HalalTrip.com as the world’s first full-fledged travel booking site that specializes in the needs of the Muslim traveler.
HalalTrip.com features over 380,000 Booking.com hotels and other accommodations to choose from. A global directory of Halal restaurants, mosques and other Halal friendly amenities near the hotel and surrounding neighborhood will allow the travelers to make educated choices. Crescentrated Hotels will also be featured with information regarding their verified and audited Halal friendly facilities and amenities. HalalTrip.com has partnered with Booking.com to provide its customers with one of the world’s largest inventories of hotel and holiday travel accommodations.
Flight booking will be powered by Wego.com’s meta-search engine producing the best prices for flights while booking travel arrangements. During a recent interview, Ross Veitch, Wego CEO & Founder, had this to say: “Wego is delighted to be providing flight search technology for HalalTrip.com. We congratulate Crescentrating on their innovative ratings system they are bringing to the market to enable Islamic travellers to make better lifestyle and travel decisions".
Tour packages tailor made for Muslim travelers will soon be available on HalalTrip.com and via accredited travel agents. These tour packages have been developed in partnership with Kuoni Group Travel Experts, one of the world’s largest wholesale tour operators. Olivier Moeschler, Kuoni Group Travel Expert’s Senior Vice President for Sales and Marketing Asia Pacific & the Americas, commented: “With a rising population exceeding 1.6 billion people, Muslims are increasingly choosing travel options that combine their wish to see the best of leading destinations with more specialised needs such as Halal food, Salaath facilities or services during Ramadan. Our partnership with Crescentrating and HalalTrip.com will help us exceed their expectations as we further expand our range of Halal friendly travel destinations, accommodation and experiences.”
Dany Bolduc, Chief Operating Officer for Crescentrating, had this to say: “We are most proud of the HalalTrip.com website and are aiming to be the leader in the online travel booking market for Halal Travel. We have very ambitious plans with an ever growing database and additional features to create a hassle-free travel experience for Muslim travellers.” Other features will be added progressively including Arabic and other language interfaces.
Muslim traveler’s expenditure is estimated to reach USD 200 billion by 2020. Along with the increasing penetration of internet and smart phones in the Middle East and other Muslim majority markets, online travel booking is set to grow rapidly in these regions.
For complete information, please visit: HalalTrip.com
About CrescentratingPte Ltd:
CrescentratingPte Ltd, a Singapore based company, is the pioneer and world leader in Halal Friendly Travel. It’s vision is to enable Muslim travelers to explore the world with peace of mind by leading the growth of “Halal Travel” segment to benefit travelers, travel service providers and the community as a whole. Crescentrating.com, HalalTrip.com and it’s mobile application Crescent Trips brings a full portfolio of world leading products to ensure a hassle free “Halal travel” experience, whether you are travelling for leisure or business
About Booking.com
Booking.com is the world leader in booking hotel and other accommodations online. It guarantees the best prices for any type of property – from small independents to five-star luxury. Guests can access the Booking.com website anytime, anywhere from their desktops, mobile phones and tablet devices, and they don’t pay booking fees – ever. The Booking.com website is available in 42 languages, offers over 380,000 hotels and accommodations in 193 countries, features over 24 million reviews written by guests after their stay, and attracts online visitors from both leisure and business markets around the globe. With over 16 years of experience and a team of over 6,400 dedicated employees in 115+ offices worldwide, Booking.com operates its own in-house customer service team, which is available 24/7 to assist guests in their native languages and ensure an exceptional customer experience. Established in 1996, Booking.com B.V. owns and operates Booking.com™, and is part of The Priceline Group (NASDAQ: PCLN). Follow us on Twitter, Google+, Pinterest, like us on Facebook, or learn more at http://www.booking.com
About Kuoni Group Travel Experts
Kuoni Group Travel Experts is the world’s leading group travel provider. Reliable and flexible with a wealth of destination knowledge, we create and deliver 45,000 tailor-made tours and programmes every year. Part of Kuoni Global Travel Services, a division of Kuoni, our international network takes care of the hard work, saving our partners time and money. We learn their business and deliver excellence, sharing our understanding with colleagues who cultivate long-standing local partnerships that matter. The warmth and sincerity of our people drives our destination expertise, delivering unparalleled local knowledge and value-adding content. The courage that drives our innovation in shaping the future of group travel leads us to develop solutions through cutting-edge technology, making us easier to work with. The passion and excitement that drives our growth ensures we capture the attention of inexperienced travellers with assured, quality trips, while finding new options for seasoned travellers. www.kuonigrouptravel.com
About Wego.com
Wego.com is the leading travel search site in the Asia Pacific and Middle East, headquartered in Singapore, with regional offices in Jakarta, Bangalore and Dubai. Available in more than 50 localised country sites and 30 languages, Wego searches hundreds of global travel websites including airlines, hotel chains and online travel agents, using powerful yet simple to use technology. Wego presents an unbiased and channel neutral view of travel prices, providing users with the choice of booking direct with a hotel or airline, or via an OTA or aggregator site.
