Crescentrating’s Top 10 Halal Friendly Shopping Destinations for 2012

Jan. 9, 2012 - PRLog -- These ten destinations provide not just a great shopping experience, but also cater well to the needs of Muslim shoppers with Halal food availability, and in most cases easy access to prayer rooms in the main shopping districts/malls.
   
Crescentrating’s Top 10 Halal Friendly Shopping Destinations for 2012 are Dubai, Kuala Lumpur, Istanbul, Singapore, Bangkok, Delhi, Johannesburg, Bali, London and Hong Kong! From the month-long Dubai Shopping Festival to the covered market in Istanbul that spreads over 60 streets, these destinations provide a variety of experience for the Shoppers.

Crescentrating’s Halal Friendly Travel Ranking (CRaHFT Ranking) was first launched in 2011 with its Top 10 Halal Friendly Holiday Destinations for 2011. Now on its 2nd year, the 2012 Ranking is expanded to cover more categories.

“A good part of the expenditure is spent on shopping by this segment of travelers. This is the reason that we included this category in our ranking this year. With more and more destinations catering to the needs of this segment of travelers, now they have a wide range of destinations to choose from” said Azhar Preena, the Business Development Manager at Crescentrating. “We will be announcing the CRaHFT Ranking for 2012 on a few more categories in the coming days” he added.

For a more in-depth look at the Halal Friendly Shopping Destinations of 2012, visit www.crescentrating.com.

About Crescentrating:
Crescentrating Pte Ltd. is a Singapore based company focused on the development of the Halal Friendly Travel market segment worldwide. Establishments are crescentrated on a scale of one to seven based on the services and facilities they provide to Muslim travelers. The Board of Directors and Board of Advisers of Crescentrating Pte Ltd. come from diverse backgrounds, bringing unique skills and knowledge from the Islamic Banking Industry, Halal Food Industry, Research and Consultancy, Islamic Scholarship and Corporate experience. All of them are well-established individuals with International and pioneering experience in their chosen fields.

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Crescentrating is the world leader in Halal Friendly Travel. We pioneered the “Halal Friendly Rating” (Crescentrating) for travel and tourism services so that Halal conscious travellers can make an eduacted choice when making travel plans.