Welcome to Halal In Travel - ITB Berlin

For the first time ever, Halal in Travel is coming to you in Europe! With exciting new speakers lined up and an exclusive peek into the latest insights on the Muslim Travel Market, you definitely do not want to miss the opportunity to leverage on this billion dollar industry.

ITB Berlin is the first stop in 2018 as we aim to host Halal in Travel in 5 cities across the globe this year. Head over here to find out more about how you can be a part of our event.

From the successful Halal in Travel Asia Summit at ITB Asia in 2016 & 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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Watch us at Halal in Travel ITB Berlin 2018

The inaugural Halal in Travel ITB Berlin conference will take place as part of the 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.

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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. We will also be on the exhibition grounds. Visit our booth at stand 106 in hall 2.2.

Fazal Bahardeen

Fazal Bahardeen is an Entrepreneur in the Muslim Lifestyle & Travel Space. He founded CrescentRating in 2008, along with the world’s first rating system to rate travel & tourism services for their Muslim friendliness. Currently, he overlooks three leading brands in the Halal travel segment; CrescentRating, HalalTrip and Muslim Travel,Warehouse. Prior to this, he held senior management roles at Alcatel-Lucent, based in Europe & Asia.

Raudha Zaini

Raudha Zaini is the Marketing Manager of HalalTrip – a leading global community platform for Muslim travelers. She leads and manages projects with partners and International Tourism Boards in destination marketing and campaigns. Her aim is to translate her passion for travel as a millennial into innovative products that offer useful and unique experiences to all Muslim travelers.

Shaji Abu Salih

Heads the Sales & Marketing of Shaza Hotels, the first luxury, halal environmental brand in the world that celebrates the cultures of the Silk Route. Based in Dubai, Shaji overlooks the revenues, sales, partnerships, marketing and communication of all Shaza Hotels & Mysk by Shaza, the new upscale brand from Shaza. After 8 years of serving Kempinski Hotels, Shaji has been with the Shaza Hotels, since its inception in 2010. Since 15 years in the luxury hospitality, Shaji recently earned an EMBA from NEOMA business school in Paris with Halal Tourism as a main thesis subject

Carel Stadler

Carel Stadler has extensive professional and management experience in destination marketing and management as well as the event industry. He is currently employed by Cape Town Tourism as Trade & Partnership Manager where he is responsible for the business strategic objectives through the operational management of the various strategic partners, trade platforms and programmes. .

Panel Sessions and Workshop for Professionals in the Tourism Industry

Convention Hall 7.1a, Auditorium New York 3,Messe Berlin

Booth Location Stand 106 at Hall 2.2

9 March 2018 14:00

Network After Event

9th March 2018

14:00 - 14:10

Latest insights on the Muslim Travel Market

Raudha Zaini, Marketing Manager, HalalTrip will set the stage for the panel discussions by addressing the latest insights on the Muslim Travel market.
14:10 - 14:45

How destinations and businesses can cater to the Muslim market

In-depth discussions with Cape Town Tourism and Shaza Hotels on specific strategies