Category Archives: Travel & Hospitality

Taiwan: Bureau seeks to attract more Muslim tourists
24/02/2012

The Tourism Bureau yesterday said it aimed to have 50 restaurants certified as Muslim-friendly as ...

UAE-NZ ties growing
31/01/2012

Trade figures show New Zealand exports to the GCC have grown from $695 million in ...

UAE: Marketing Survey Suggests that UAE Residents Eat Out 11 Times a Week
27/01/2012

This latest report was commissioned by LivingSocial as part of its ongoing efforts to discover ...

Malaysia ranked top Halal friendly holiday destination
12/01/2012

Crescentrating.com, a travel portal for Halal-conscious Muslim travellers, said that Malaysia was placed on the ...

India: ‘Kashmir ideally suited for Saudi tourists’
08/01/2012

A high-level delegation of tourism and culture ministers, government officials, bureaucrats, airline operators and tourism ...

Egypt: Egyptian tourism workers reject proposal for halal tourism
29/12/2011

Egyptians in the tourism sector are worried that proposals by Salafi political leaders advocating halal ...

Egypt: Egypt’s Islamists offer controversial vision for ‘halal’ tourism
14/12/2011

Islamists are dominating Egypt’s elections and some of them have a new message for tourists: ...

Egypt’s Islamists try to calm fears over tourism
12/12/2011

Egypt's main Islamist parties on Sunday launched separate conferences aimed at promoting tourism as they ...

Are airline meals labeled Muslim Meals really Halal?
21/11/2011

The MOML - "Muslim Meal" is just a meal "without pork and without Alcohol "(In ...

Malaysia: Halal Internal Auditors Programme for hotels
25/10/2011

Bachok, Kelantan--The Minister of International Trade & Industry, Dato' Seri Mustapa Mohamed, launched a specially ...

Bosnia – Uncharted Land
21/10/2011

Bosnia could easily become a major halaal tourist destination, tapping the huge potential of the ...

Malaysian company wants to expand Halal food services to Russia
03/10/2011

LSG Skychef-Brahim’s Sdn Bhd, the world's biggest Halal flight kitchen caterer, is embarking on expanding ...

Makkah for the rich: Islam’s holiest site ‘turning into Vegas’
18/09/2011

To the al-Saud monarchy, Makkah is their vision of the future – a steel and ...

Malaysia: 600 rich Pakistanis opt for 2nd home scheme in Malaysia
14/09/2011

About 600 Pakistanis have recently availed Malaysia My Second Home scheme that offers 10-year residency ...

Muslim Travel to US on the Rise after Sharp Drop Post 9/11
07/09/2011

After a sharp decline following 9/11, Muslim travel to the US is on the rise, ...

UAE: Muslim Holiday-makers head to ‘now affordable’ Europe
18/08/2011

Holiday-makers from Qatar are heading to destinations in Europe, making use of the present economic ...

Thailand:THAI operates certified Halal Food kitchen
05/08/2011

Thai Airways International Public Company Limited (THAI) has received authorization from the Central Islamic Committee ...

UAE: Is Ramadan a month of fasting, or feasting?
04/08/2011

Although there are no figures available for Dubai, the Environment Agency of Abu Dhabi released ...

Opinion: Shariah compliant hotels
02/08/2011

TODAY, we have fashion hotels, underwater hotels, ice hotels, seven star hotels, etc., and, for ...

Opinion: Islamic finance, Halal industry & Shariah-compliant hotels during Ramadhan
01/08/2011

Ramadan is a period of introspection for Muslims and Islamic financial institutions to better observe ...