Welcome to Halal In Travel - Asia Summit 2020

The Halal in Travel Asia Summit is back once more for the fifth year coming.

This year, as we navigate the world during the COVID-19 pandemic, we bring the latest insights into the challenges in the tourism industry as well as the solutions in overcoming them.

From the successful Halal in Travel Asia Summit at ITB Asia since 2017, CrescentRating brings their intelligence and experience on Halal Tourism once again to the main stage. Gain valuable insights on Halal travel from a panel of experts and professionals in the industry.

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Join us at Halal in Travel Asia Summit 2020

The Halal in Travel Asia Summit conference will be jointly held with ITB Asia on 21st October 2020 via Virtual Conference. This upcoming conference will be a fusion of keynote speeches, interactive panel discussions and industry specialist presentations that will explore the latest trends and challenges to emerge in the Muslim Travel Market.

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Gain Insights on Halal Tourism

The “Halal in Travel” conference will take place as part of ITB Asia tradeshow. The dedicated conference will offer a combination of keynote speeches, interactive panel discussions, and specialist presentations that explore the latest trends and challenges to emerge in the Muslim travel market.

Fazal Bahardeen

Fazal Bahardeen is the Founder of CrescentRating, setting up the world’s first Travel portals dedicated to the Halal conscious travelers.

Raudha Zaini

Raudha Zaini is the Strategic Partnerships & Projects Lead at HalalTrip. She spearheads global destination marketing projects and drive key partner relationships with the aim of translating her passion for travel into innovative products that offer unique experiences to Muslim travelers.

Nur Hazirah Jamaludin

Nur Hazirah Jamaludin is the Content Manager of HalalTrip – a leading global community platform for Muslim travelers. She manages content across all platforms and is enthusiastic about making travel accessible for everyone. Her goal is to manage a platform that appeals and remains ever-relevant to Muslim millennials who desire to travel across the globe.

Ms. Barkathunnisha Abu Bakar

Nisha is a Management Consultant, Corporate Trainer and Academic with more than 25 years of extensive management experience in the Tourism, Hospitality and Events industry. As the Founder of Elevated Consultancy & Training, Nisha is currently involved in regional and international consultancy work in the area of tourism and hospitality development in destinations. Nisha is also the Co-founder of World Women Tourism, a network intelligence platform that provides opportunities to women in tourism to connect, grow and flourish. The organization visions to impact the trajectory of women in the tourism industry through promoting diversity, knowledge sharing, building networks, capacity building and opening up business opportunities. Nisha has also initiated SheInTourism, a collaborative platform that paves the pathways for Asian women in tourism to flourish and realise their potentials. She is an invited keynote speaker, thought leader and panelist for conferences and seminars internationally.

Nagesh Jaladi

Nagesh Jaladi leads Business Development for Retail and Commerce verticals in Asia Pacific. In this role, he partners closely with several travel players, including Airlines, Hotels, tourism boards, and various large/medium/small businesses. Nagesh’s work in travel is focused on enabling travel players across industry insights, customer engagement, sales improvement, and loyalty strategy. He has 14+ years of experience in Asia and North America, across Travel and Hospitality, Financial Institutions, Retail, CPG, and Automotive. Prior to Mastercard, Nagesh has worked at Kearney, Google, and Amazon. Nagesh has an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University with a focus on advanced analytics.

Panel Sessions and Workshop for Professionals in the Tourism Industry

Singapore

Virtual Conference

21 October 2020

17th October 2020

3:00 - 3:10

Opening Remarks
3:10 - 3:30

Key insights into the Travel Readiness Report by CrescentRating and Mastercard
3:30 - 4:00

Panel session

Moderator: Fazal Bahardeen, CEO of CrescentRating & HalalTrip
4:00 - 4:20

Dialogue session on overcoming challenges in the Tourism industry during COVID-19
4:20 - 4:50

Closing Remarks