The World Halal Forum was attended by around 900 delegates and leaders in industries, government, research organisations, universities and consumer associations. Nominations for the Halal Journal Awards came from all over the world including United Kingdom, Australia, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and more."We are indeed honoured and delighted to receive this prestigious award. Since the launch of our website and Hotel rating, we have had great feedback from the Industry as well as the travellers. This award strengthens our plans to bring more innovative services and products to benefit both the Travel service providers and the Halal conscious travellers," said Fazal Bahardeen.
"This award is in fact a recognition of the Halal Friendly travel market segment, which is set to be one of the fastest growing market segments in the travel industry. We are delighted to be associated with Crescentrating" said Mr Toufic Tamim, VP of Sales & Marketing, Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts Middle East, He added "Some of our hotels in Makkah, Madinah, Dubai and Thailand are now part of the Crescentrated family with additional hotels expected to join over the coming year".
"With the Travel and Tourism expenditure for the next few years reaching 1 Trillion USD and Muslim Travellers accounting close to 10% of them, all travel service providers need to start looking at services and products which takes into consideration their needs" said David Smith, Chief Executive of the UK based Global Futures & Foresight. He added that this sector is likely to outperform most other sectors in the travel and tourism industry over the next ten years and these, often new, travellers will require clear guidance to know which locations and carriers best meet their needs.
