Comments on: Halal Hotels

By: maruf

maruf — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:50:04 +0000

Alhamdulillah. I hope so that A halal hotel will be very very good idea if it would follow the islamic rules accurately. Shukran Lakum.

By: antish

antish — Mon, 12 May 2008 03:21:36 +0000

Yep. I live in a town that makes a lot of money from so-called pink tourism (and I’m glad I do – it’s very much more civilised than yer average Oz country town). Most of the people running gay-friendly accommodation etc aren’t gay. The same will apply with Halal tourism.

Actually, I don’t know why a lot of Muslims don’t get together and charter a cruise ship or book out an entire resort or whatever.

By: Shadower

Shadower — Mon, 12 May 2008 02:17:19 +0000

It is also a market niche that tends to be untapped, Australia is finally getting in on the halal meat industry in a big way, on a local level the City of Hume started up an abattoir with Brunei to sell halal meat internationally. Also there is the Islamic Finance sector, once that picked up you know have British Banks that offer it and I heard rumors that some banks in Australia are looking at providing them.

So I would not be surprised to see well known hotel chains starting up halal hotel subsidiaries down the track if this takes off.

By: antish

antish — Sun, 11 May 2008 23:46:59 +0000

“.It is heartening that there are individuals who seek to make money in compliance with the Sharia.”

More to do with identifying a market niche, I would imagine. If it’s successful no doubt Hilton et al will have them too.

By: ajsuhail

ajsuhail — Fri, 09 May 2008 09:25:04 +0000

I have always been puzzled by Muslims who indulge in business activities that are clearly Unislamic.A case in point is those who invest in Hotels that serve alcohol and pork or even worse,those who buy and operate casinos(the recent MGM DUBAI deal is a sorry example)When more than 95% of the business options available are Halal in nature, it never ceases to amaze me that these Muslims choose the remaining 5% and have no qualms about it.Obviously,they are not concerned with the Akhirah.

This story therefore comes as a pleasant surprise.It is heartening that there are individuals who seek to make money in compliance with the Sharia.May all of us be similarly inspired

By: Muslim_perth

Muslim_perth — Fri, 09 May 2008 01:37:05 +0000

salams,

this has already been done, i have stayed at a halal hotel in jakarta, they even had a shariah complient certificate.. they have qurans and prayer mats in the room etc , but price was slighlty higher than normal hotel

hotel sufyan it is called

By: Ahmed

Ahmed — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:03:41 +0000

Nowadays you can get into trouble just by answering the telephone so I don't know if this is a good idea.

By: Umm Yasmin

Umm Yasmin — Thu, 08 May 2008 11:54:10 +0000

Is it naughty of me to ask whether they’ll be requiring marriage certificates for bookings of Mr and Mrs John Doe? (Just kidding, I actually really like the idea and would definitely prefer to book into a hotel where there is no plonk and the food is halal).

By: DD

DD — Thu, 08 May 2008 11:30:32 +0000

Halal resorts would be a nice idea too..

By: Shadower

Shadower — Thu, 08 May 2008 09:29:09 +0000

The Emirates Palace, is that the one that’s been doing the rounds in an e-mail stating it is the private dwelling of the Emirati Royals?

I like the Halal Hotel chain concept, it is great to see Muslim Businesspeople thinking outside the box in ways to invest and compete on an international stage and to also create jobs within the region. There are 1.5bn Muslims so there is a market out there for such a concept.