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.

Last week, during my trip to Bangkok , I came across a couple of Halal Friendly facilities and services, which I think are worth sharing! It is really great to see how finally, travel industry service providers are beginning to acknowledge the needs of the Muslim travelers.

Having been a frequent flyer for the last 28 years for business and leisure, I have got used to accepting all levels of service quality (good and bad!) from Airline staff. I also very quickly forget them. However there have been a couple of instances that I will not forget and can recall as truly memorable experiences - and one of them was last week on a Sri Lankan Airlines flight from Singapore to Colombo.

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…

1800 km by car across the Balkans (Part 1) Part 1- My stay in Bled in Slovenia On the 28th of May I arrived in Lubjiana for what was the first stop in a series of workshops on "Halal Friendly Travel" to the Travel & Hospitality industry of Slovenia, Montenegro and Bosnia & Herzegovina.