Crescentrating was awarded The Halal Journal award for 'Travel & Hospitality 2010' at the 5th World Halal Forum, for its pioneering work in Halal Friendly Travel.

Halal Journal Awards is an annual award to celebrate and honour outstanding achievement and innovation in the Halal industry and is recognized as the most prestigious global award in the industry.

The World Halal Forum was attended by around 900 delegates and leaders in industries, government, research organisations, universities and consumer associations.

A pioneer in the development of the Halal Friendly Travel & Tourism sector, Crescentrating launched the Halal Friendly Rating for Travel and Tourism services & facilities in October 2009 along with its website crescentrating.com. Hotels from 14 countries have now joined the growing list of Crescentrated Hotels.

“This award is in fact a recognition of the Halal Friendly travel market segment, which is set to be one of the fastest growing market segments in the travel industry,” stated Fazal Bahardeen, CEO of Crescentrating.-TradeArabia News Service