Category Archives: Travel & Hospitality

Event: Experts gather to harness Saudi Arabia’s tourism potential
24/05/2012

The Kingdom Hotel Expansion Summit, themed ‘harnessing a thriving future for the Saudi hospitality industry’ ...

Saudi Arabia: Grand Mosque Expansion
18/05/2012

Posted on May 18, 2012 by John Burgess Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah has been on the throne ...

India: First hospital in India to achieve Halal certification
12/05/2012

Global Health city, world class tertiary multi super specialty hospital, is the first hospital in ...

Thailand tourism takes the Halal route
07/05/2012

Bangkok is moving in the direction of having its world-renowned spa establishments and treatments, “conform ...

Arab tourists’ interest in Turkey increases, say tourism officials
24/04/2012

Officials from tourism agencies from Arab countries, have spoken about why their citizens chose to ...

Abu Dhabi: Growth in business travel
20/04/2012

Abu Dhabi has significantly expanded its business travel market in recent years, particularly the meetings, ...

Travel: Praying on the plane
11/04/2012

Making air travel more welcoming to Muslim travellers is a big deal: Muslims represent around ...

Travel: Airborne prayers problem solved for tech-savvy Muslims
06/04/2012

Launched earlier this month, the online tool takes data such as prayer times in the ...

Opinion: Can China Make Its Cuisine and Finance Friendly to Muslims?
04/04/2012

The Hong Kong Tourism Board reports that in recent years, the number of Middle Eastern ...

Saudi Arabia’s Foodie Scene Growing
30/03/2012

Despite the rise of fast-food joints, gourmet chefs aim to create a gourmet food culture. ...

UK: New Travel Website Provides Halal Holidays to the Muslim Traveller
30/03/2012

A new travel provider has launched in the UK, specialising in Halal Friendly Travel to ...

Malaysia: MACS Becomes The First GLC To Receive Sirims QMS From Islamic Perspective
26/03/2012

Malaysia Airport Consultancy Service (MACS), a Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad subsidiary, has become the first ...

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 ...