Crescentrating launches its first Android mobile application and announces partnership with EuroAsia

Oct. 13, 2010 - PRLog -- Now the travellers will be able to access the details of Halal Friendly Hotels, Halal Friendly Holiday packages, Destination Guides, Airports Guides, Halal Restaurants etc through a simple and easy to access interface on their Android mobile phones.

“We want to continue to provide all relevant information for the Halal conscious travellers through all platforms. This application will now allow travellers to access our unique content through a user-friendly interface on their mobile phones. We wanted to keep the interface simple and user friendly. We will be launching mobile applications for iPhone/iPad, Symbion and BlackBerry devices as well very soon” said Fazal Bahardeen CEO of Crescentrating.

The countries covered in this version includes Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Singapore, Australia, China, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Sri Lanka, Bahrain, Barbados, Brunei, Egypt, Guyana, Maldives, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Trinidad & Tobago. Crescentrating plans to add more relevant content for these destinations as well as add more and more destinations in the coming  months to facilitate the travellers.

Crescentrating’s Hotel Rating, launched last year, rates Hotels on a scale of 1 to 7. Apart from taking into consideration the very specific needs of the Halal conscious travellers such as prayer facilities, Halal food etc, it also takes into account family friendly facilities and environment friendliness. It also allows online booking of Crescentrated Halal friendly hotels & holidays, provides destination guides, airport guides, restaurant guides, Qiblah locator, prayer time calculator etc to cater to the unique needs of the Muslim traveller.

The application was developed in partnership with the Singapore based mobile application developer EuroAsia Communications. The application is available through the “Android market”. In addition, EuroAsia Communications will also distribute the application through its partner network of operators such as SingTel (Singapore), M1 (Singapore), Telekomsel (Indonesia), Reliance (India), Tata DOCOMO (India), Optus (Australia), 3Mobile (Australia) and Maxis (Malaysia).

Crescentrating will also partner with EuroAsia Communications to provide a one stop service for Hotels and other travel services looking to develop mobile applications as well as reach the growing Halal Friendly Travel Market.

“Reaching the Travellers through mobile applications is becoming a vital element for Hotels and Travel services. This partnership allows us to bring together our expertise in Mobile applications as well as Crescentrating’s expertise in reaching the Halal conscious traveller to the Travel industry” said Irwan Shah Bin Abdullah @ Wolfgang Sladkowski, the Managing Director of EuroAsia Communications Pte Ltd.

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About Crescentrating:
Crescentrating is a Singapore based company focussed on the development of Halal Friendly Travel market segment worldwide. Board of Directors and Board of Advisers come from diverse backgrounds, bringing unique skills and knowledge from 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.

About EuroAsia Communications
EuroAsia Communications Pte Ltd is a mobile applications development company for tourism related companies based in Singapore that was founded by Wolfgang Sladkowski, a German national who holds the post as Managing Director. It operates a Malaysian subsidiary “EuroAsia Networks (M) Sdn Bhd” which was co-founded by YM Raja Anor Shah that functions as the Global Mobile Content Deployment Centre with connectivity to 71 mobile operator networks (MNO’s) worldwide.