29/9/12 www.globalpost.com
With Islamic fashion a burgeoning industry in a troubled world economy, modesty just might trend.
27/9/12 www.traveldailynews.asia
16/9/
Thai halal food has the potential to serve a greater share of the world population, and food makers and exporters are being urged to use science and technology to cut costs and enhance quality.
Products are on display at the opening of the Hal-Q Expo at a mall in this file photo. Halal food production in Thailand has increased sharply in recent years.
Last year, Thailand ranked first in Asean in halal food exports, shipping US$4.8 billion worth to 57 countries.
1/9/12 www.guardian.co.uk
The unstoppable growth of halal products shows we are all fair game for marketers but risks ghettoising the Muslim community
10/8/12 www.theaustralian.com.au
Inika CEO and founder Miranda Bond said business-aid groups Heads over Heels and the Entrepreneurs’ Organisation helped her build the company. Picture: Stephen Cooper Source: The Australian
AUSTRALIAN vegan, certified halal and certified cruelty-free cosmetics company Inika has closed its first capital raising, which was led by Singapore-headquartered investment firm Cardinia Partners.
2/8/12
A new ground-breaking study, ‘Global Muslim Lifestyle Travel Market: Landscape & Consumer Needs,’ shows that Muslim tourists globally represent a major niche market worth $126.1 billion in 2011 growing at a 4.8% through 2020, compared to global average of 3.8%. In a challenging global economic environment, the Study highlights how airlines, tourism destinations, and hotels/resorts can benefit by engaging with a market that has a young demographic, is growing in affluence, and is increasingly asserting its unique needs on the tourism industry.
30/7/12 gulfbusiness.com
29/7/12 /www.france24.com
AFP - From halal spas to prayer rooms at airport terminals, the global tourism industry is gearing up for a projected boom in Muslim travel over the next decade, experts say.
29/7/12 www.hoteliermiddleeast.com
By Louise Birchall
A consumer-driven demand for quality and specialised halal produce is leading exporters and distributors to offer more luxury, high-margin halal products
25/7/12 www.adweek.com
By Christopher Heine
Last year, some bloggers gave Whole Foods flak for marketing to Muslims. Now other brands are hoping for same
Adnan Durrani | Photo: Craig Ruttle/AP Photo
If bloggers want to blast Whole Foods Market again for promoting Quran-approved food during Ramadan, there’s a few niche CPG brands that might plea: “Could you mention us? Pretty please, with halal-certified sugar on top?”
15/7/12 www.theborneopost.com
By Justin Yap
SECTORAL BOOST: The increase of halal food exports could further boost the logistics growth in Malaysia as there would be a need for freight-forwarding and transportation services.
KUCHING: Malaysia is expected to see its US$1.9 billion (RM6.05 billion) halal logistics sector to grow in tandem with the halal food industry.
13/7/12 www.nzherald.co.nz
By Ben Chapman-Smith
People may think Google or McDonald’s are the biggest brands in the world, but that’s just because they’re not thinking of halal, says billionaire Malaysian businessman Tan Sri Halim Saad.
9/7/12 www.fnbnews.com
By Hasan Mulani, Mumbai
Islam is one of the largest and fastest-growing religions in the world; over 25 per cent of the world’s population – about 1.75 billion – is Muslim or following Islam religion.
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4/7/12 blogs.ft.com
Forget the bikini-clad Europeans. For a growing number of Turkey’s hoteliers, halal holidays is where the money is at.
With their no-alcohol policy and separate beaches, pools and discotheques for men and women, “family style” holidays are on the rise as hoteliers look to cash in on the new middle class from Turkey’s more religiously conservative Anatolian heartland.
27/6/12 www.7daysindubai.com
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