The Muslim Women in Travel 2019 is a joint report by Mastercard and CrescentRating that was released on 17th October 2019 at the Halal in Travel Asia Summit at ITB Asia. It was the first ever report to examine the needs, trip...read more
Kat Aziz is a modest fashion designer and founded Women of Haya - a movement to encourage Muslim women to maintain their modesty while expressing their God-given Beauty. Her vision is to champion modesty onstage and backstag...read more
Samia Omar Bwana founded and run a travel company based in Kenya called Halal Safaris Africa. She organizes Safari trips primarily for Muslim travelers but also have non-Muslim guests. The focus of their services is cater...read more
Q Akashah is an Account Director at Ogilvy and is based in Singapore. She works closely with companies; advising and working with International brands to effectively engage with Muslim consumers, as well as supporting efforts...read more
Based in New York, USA, Kareemah Ashiru started blogging on Hijabiglobetrotter.com in 2015. She loves to write and share Muslim-friendly travel content and hopes to inspire other Muslims to see the world. In our series of in...read more
Hasna B is a French Moroccan who became an influencer after becoming a mother. Currently based in Singapore, she works with lifestyle brands to create content for them. Her biggest audience are mainly Muslim women from Fr...read more
In the travel industry, the conversation focuses entirely on voluntary travel; travelers with choices, financial independence, and the legal rights to freedom of movement. Yet today, over 70 million people are living in limbo...read more
Based in Singapore and a former preschool teacher, Asha started her community business Asha & Co which champions mental wellness in a healthy setting and supports women who are recovering from mental illness, trauma or loss.Â...read more
Singapore, 17 October 2019 – Twenty-eight percent of Muslim women journeys last year were solo travels, indicative of a growing younger demographic willing to experience the world, according to the latest report released ...read more
Muslims are a unique market segment as some of their needs and wants are guided by their Islamic faith. This influences what food they consume, the clothes they wear and even their financial transactions. This consumption beh...read more
For over a decade, CrescentRating has developed various initiatives to assist destinations and service providers in better understanding and delivering value to the global Muslim travel market. These include its rating and ac...read more
Indonesia has joined Malaysia to share the top spot on the Mastercard-CrescentRating Global Muslim Travel Index (GMTI) 2019. Singapore retained its premier position as the top Muslim-friendly non-OIC destination for Musl...read more
Jakarta, 8 April 2019 --Â Halal travel is a global trend that is promising now and in the future. From 2000 to 2020, the Global Muslim Travel Index (GMTI) predicts that the global Muslim travel market will have grown by 27% p...read more
Singapore, 29 January 2019 - The Mastercard-CrescentRating Halal Travel Frontier 2019 Report (HTF2019) has identified 17 trends that will shape the next phase of development in the fast growing Halal travel sector. The r...read more
Indonesia launches travel index to position itself as the leader in the US$220 Billion Muslim Travel Market and achieve target of five million Muslim Tourists in 2019. The Mastercard-CrescentRating Indonesia Muslim Trave...read more
Singapore, 18 October 2018 –The increasing reliance on the internet, social media and smartphones for place discovery and travel bookings by Muslim Millennials and GenerationZ is driving a US$180 Billion online market. ...read more
In the 2017 Mastercard-CrescentRating Global Muslim Travel Index, Taiwan ranked sixth among non-member countries of the Organization for Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in terms of meeting the needs of Muslim travelers. In 2...read more
1.  What  makes  the  Halal  tourism  sector  so  attractive  for  investors?  In  business  school  you  learn  how  to  find  a  gap  in  the  market  and  fulfil  the  needs  of  your  targ...read more
Awarded as the World’s Leading Emerging Luxury Hotel Brand in 2013, Shaza Hotels has been a name well-known in the Muslim Travel Market. Shaza Hotels was the first luxury, halal environmental brand in the world that celebra...read more
Jakarta, 5 June 2018 – CrescentRating in partnership with the Ministry of Tourism, Indonesia officially launched the Indonesia Muslim Travel Index (IMTI) 2018 report in Jakarta. As part of the GMTI series report, the IMT...read more
