"Crescentrating, a Singapore-based company, has made traveling for Muslims a little more Shari'a compliant by providing them with a gateway to Halal-friendly travel.

Halal Focus, a website run by Imarat Consultants, estimates that Muslims represent about a quarter of the world's population and 10% of the global travel marketshare. With 1.6 billion Muslims worldwide, Halal goods and services will only continue to increase in demand, as already evidenced by the growth in Halal food products and Islamic banking"

Read more at newzglobe.com

22 Jun 2010

Crescentrating was featured on the 22nd June, 8 pm news on Singapore's main Malay TV channel Suria. The news is covered in Malay and English.

22 Jun 2010

EKONIAGA

Syarikat Islam setempat menang anugerah Halal antarabangsa

Rancang tambah khidmat & produk untuk pelancong Muslim

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Rosebi Mohd Sah

SYARIKAT setempat, Crescentrating Pte Ltd, yang merupakan satu-satunya syarikat dot.com yang menawarkan khidmat penilaian hotel mesra halal/Islam di seluruh dunia, menerima anugerah Jurnal Halal bagi Pelancongan dan Pelayanan 2010, semalam.

Syarikat itu mendapat anugerah tersebut kerana menjadi perintis bagi usaha-usaha memudahkan pelancongan sejagat bagi urusan perkhidmatan halal.

Read the full article here

June 13th, 2010 by Monika Grzesik

Crescentrating is a new system which rates hotels and travel services on their 'halal-friendliness'.

Fazal Bahardeen, CEO of new travel company Crescentrating.com talks about his ‘halal-friendly’ rating system designed for Muslim travellers.

"Halal Help : New Rating System Targets Islamic Tourism"

Read more (Page 15 of Travel Trade Weekly Issue 26)

Travel Trade Weekly  is a leading news provider for travel industry professionals in the Middle East and North Africa, delivered every Saturday electronically and monthly as a hard copy.

AMEInfo : 'Halal Friendly' travel services make Middle East debut at Arabian Travel Market 2010

TDME (Travel Daily Middle East) : Crescentrating promotes Halal tourism at ATM

MICEBTN : Crescentrating pushing Halal tourism

Gulf News : Ready for take off

Berita Harian (Singapore's leading Malay Newspaper) featured Crescentrating on one full page on the 5th April print edition. Read the three articles published by clicking the links below:

• Laman nilai tahap hotel mesra klien Islam
• Hotel paling mesra halal di sini dapat lima mata
• Kaedah penilaian hotel dari segi kemesraan halal

The above articles were followed by another article on it's print edition of 22nd April. Click below to read article online

• Hotel di Cape Town raih penilaian tertinggi bagi khidmat mesra pelanggan Islam

Read the two articles published by Halal Journal on Crescentrating

• Your portal to Halal Friendly Travel
• Travelling with peace of mind

Reports by Iranian Quran News Agency on the launch of Crescentrating

Read the articles at these sites

Persian version

French version

Thai version

Crescentrating CEO, Fazal Bahardeen, chaired the first ever Halaal Conference in Sri Lanka. Read the reports by the Sri Lankan media below:

Sunday Times, 7th February 2010

Industry leaders to gather at first ever Halaal Conference in Sri Lanka : With a World Muslim population of around 2 billion people and a market turnover in the Halaal sector soon to surpass US $ 1 trillion, industry leaders are gathering in Colombo at the first ever Halaal conference in Sri Lanka this month.

Click here to read full article

Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka, 9th February 2010

Industry leaders to gather at first-ever Halaal Conference in Sri Lanka : The first-ever Halaal Conference focusing on Islamic principles on a range of business sectors such as financial services, food and tourism and involving global and regional experts will be held in Colombo from 16 to 17 February at the Galadari Hotel in Colombo.