Preparing to Relaunch Travel: Key Takeaways from the Mastercard-CrescentRating Travel Readiness Report | COVID-19 in ASEAN 2020 The wildfire spread of COVID-19 in 2020 had the biggest impact on the global travel and tour...read more
Updated on 14 December. Dream Cruises Launches Asia Pacific's First Halal-Friendly Cruise Ship – World Dream Dream Cruises has been the go-to cruise liner for Muslims in the Asia Pacific for the past few years be...read more
Measuring the Pulse of Mosque Communities The Muslim community is a close-knit community that transcends culture, ethnicity and geographical boundaries. Mosques play a vital role in this ecosystem, serving as centres where...read more
ITB Asia partners with CrescentRating for the 5th year. ITB Asia, Asia’s Leading Travel Trade Show, opened its virtual doors for the first-ever virtual event. As one of the industry’s firsts, the three-day event is bei...read more
Professor Cedomir Nestorovic teaches international marketing and geopolitics at the ESSEC business school in Singapore. He shares his thoughts on the impact of the lockdowns on the economy and, more specifically, on the ASEAN...read more
What does it take to create a frictionless experience for visitors? How do you make the destination not just a great place to visit, but also a great place to live? In this interview, we talked to Enver Duminy, the CEO of Cap...read more
Ziyarah Tourism Week will be held from the 12th to the 16th March Tashkent, 25th February 2020 – According to the Mastercard - CrescentRating Global Muslim Travel Index 2019 (GMTI 2019), the Muslim travel segment is one ...read more
There is hope and optimism in the air as we start the new decade with several tourism revolutions on the horizon. To forecast these developments, Mastercard and Crescentrating have combined insights from previous reports, exp...read more
For meat to be "halal," it cannot be from a taboo cut such as meat from hindquarters or from forbidden animals. Listed below are the list of forbidden animals: Dead animals that were not slaughtered (Al-Maitah) ...read more
Halal food is food that is permissible for Muslims to consume as outlined in several verses in the Quran. Muslims around the world accept the Quran to be the book of perfect direction and bearing for humankind and believe the...read more
The Mastercard-CrescentRating Muslim Women in Travel 2019 identified the P.A.I.N.S – Privacy, Amenities, Identity, Networks & Safety - faced by Muslim women travelers. These are the challenges often faced by this demographi...read more
The Mastercard-CrescentRating Muslim Women in Travel 2019 uncovers various profiles that Muslim women travelers identify with and their purpose of travel. It also confirms the role of Muslim women in influencing trip planning...read more
Muslim women travelers spend a substantial amount of time planning their trips. Planning is often done between 1-6 months in advance. With 65% of Muslim women travelers preferring free and independent travel, it is import...read more
The annual Mastercard-CrescentRating Global Muslim Travel Index ranks 130 destinations on their Muslim-friendliness based on the GMTI ACES criteria. In the Muslim Women in Travel 2019 report, we determined the top OIC and ...read more
In addition to challenges in managing their faith-based needs, Muslim women travelers face a number of added challenges. These challenges are often closely related to their identities. Similar to other general women travel...read more
Muslim women travelers use multiple ways to make payment for travel services. The most popular methods are cash and credit or debit cards. Unsurprisingly, credit or debit cards is the preferred method to pay for accommoda...read more
Updated in 2019, the CrescentRating Faith-Based Service Needs model is a framework that identifies the key needs of Muslim Travelers. These needs are guided by their faith and influence their travel consumption behavior. They...read more
Social media channels play an important role for Muslim women travelers. They allow Muslim women travelers to obtain information as well as share their travel experiences with their family and friends. Often, more than one so...read more
The Mastercard-CrescentRating Muslim Women in Travel 2019 is the first ever report to examine the needs, travel behaviors and consumption of Muslim women travelers. Muslim women travelers are a subset of the women traveler po...read more
The Muslim Women in Travel 2019 report is the latest research by Mastercard and CrescentRating. Women travelers represent one of the fastest-growing segments within the travel market. It is estimated that they represent two-t...read more
