With American Muslim Consumers spending approaching USD 125 billion, for businesses not to take a serious look at this segment, will not be in the best interest of their shareholders. This was pretty evident at the 3rd edition of the American Muslim Consumers Conference (AMCC). It was also obvious that AMCC is on a pioneering path to build itself as the premier platform to bring all stakeholders to facilitate the development of this segment in the US.

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Crescentrating | Enabling Muslims to Explore the World with Peace of Mind Muslims have a very unique attribute when it comes to travel: from the time they understand the 5 basic pillars of Islam, they develop the lifelong desire to travel and perform Hajj. This has not only inspired many Muslims to become some of the most pioneering explorers of the world, but also gave rise to a whole genre of travel writing. Some of the foremost Muslim explorers like Ibn Jubair, and Ibn Batutta left their home towns with…

By Martin Abbugao (AFP) SINGAPORE - In his days as a jet-setting telecom executive, ready-to-eat meals were a regular part of Fazal Bahardeen's luggage. Many of the hotels he stayed in did not have halal-certified restaurants for Muslim travellers like the 47-year-old Sri Lankan-born Singaporean. Rooms lacked markers pointing to Mecca for prayers and staff were unable to answer questions from Muslim guests about their particular needs. "Half of my life was spent in hotels and airplanes," Fazal told AFP. "But being a Muslim, I was getting frustrated by the…

The recent article "Halal Holidays in the Sun" on BBC and comments to that article in different websites prompted me to write these few lines; since there seems to be still some mis-understanding about this "Halal Industry".

Most of our travel plans these days require us to pass through an Airport. If you are transiting through an Airport then you will need to spend more than a couple of hours. Airports are becoming more than just a place for waiting to board airplanes Airports are going out of the way to make their "customers" comfortable by having shopping, leisure areas, children's play areas, gardens with natural plants, recreational activities, restaurants and food courts, and a lot more facilities. With the increasing number of Halal conscious travellers now…