Posted: November 7th, 2011 | No Comments »
After months of hard work we are excited to announce that our new site is finally live. A big thank you goes out to our developer team, especially to Brother Calin who did a great job. Finally we’ve switched to a new backend system due to better performance and content integration as blog posts will be featured on the homepage. The new HalalTrip features the best Halal and Muslim-friendly hotels and the best Halal travel apps on the homepage. The website is quite faster and reviewing and suggesting new hotels is much easy.
Still need your feedback
There are still some issues we are working on like the translations but we are launching all those features as soon as possible. Moreover we are about to launch our new travel pages within the upcoming two weeks. On those pages we are featuring various cities, countries and topics that are exciting to Muslim travellers around the globe. 2012 will be a great year for HalalTrip inshaAllah as we are planning plenty of new features. We’d love to hear your thoughts on the new page and any new ideas!
Posted: March 9th, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Almost a year ago HalalTrip launched its Muslim-friendly hotel review site. Since then we had a quite nice press exposure and a growing great community. Many thanks to you all! Still it is a tough time for HalalTrip as Halal Tourism is a minor topic within big media and reaching the critical mass is quite difficult.
Hence, we are asking you for recommending HalalTrip to your family and friends. Moreover please let us know your feedback to improve our website to serve you and travelers around the world best. HalalTrip has learned a lot within the last 12 months having more than 13,000 fans on facebook and almost 800 followers on Twitter. It’s amazing to see HalalTrip becoming the leading directory of Muslim-friendly hotels listing more than 1,000 accommodations.
We’d also like to send a some special thanks to Lisa Mabe (Hewar Communications), Shobeir Shobeiri (Web evangelist), Fazal Bahardeen (Crescentrating), Ponn Sabra (American Muslim Mom), Brother Saad (Chill yo Islam yo) and Yusuf Chowdhury (Web evangelist). Many thanks for all your support and early believe in HalalTrip!
Posted: January 7th, 2011 | No Comments »
In March 2010 halaltrip launched its hotel review site getting quite a nice media coverage and reaching out to an exciting community. We’ve still have to reach a lot of targets, but inshaAllah we are on the right track. Let’s have a brief look on the most popular posts published on the official halaltrip blog. Enjoy!
- Best Travel Apps for Muslims
- Future of halaltrip – we want your feedback!
- The ultimate Muslim travel packing list
- Travel like a Muslim
- The Top 5 Western European cities with Islamic history
Posted: November 29th, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Within a couple of months halaltrip.com became the world leading directory of Muslim-friendly hotels. Starting with only a couple of hundred hotels in its directory, halaltrip.com has recently reached a new milestone. The website now lists 1.000 hotels offering special services for their Muslim guests.
“We are very happy to reach this important milestone in such a short period of time. Now we have to invite travellers to share their experience and to write hotel reviews on our site. Hence, we’d like to give 1$ to charity for each of the next 300 published hotel reviews”, says halaltrip.com-Founder Karim Saad.
Posted: November 19th, 2010 | No Comments »
Last Ramadan halaltrip started the campaign “Reviews for charity” to contribute something special to the most wonderful time of the year. Now we’d like to continue this beautiful idea! For each published hotel review on halaltrip we will donate 1$ USD for charity! So spread this message to your family & friends and browse our directory of Muslim-friendly & halal hotels. If you can’t find your hotel, just send us an email and we will add the hotel after reviewing it. Please share your feedback with us and drop a comment!
Posted: November 8th, 2010 | 1 Comment »
We’ve already launched our “Travel like a Muslim” campaign and published some great travel experiences on our blog and facebook page. Thanks to you all the halaltrip community gets bigger every day, so please share your greatest experiences and your creepiest travel nightmares with us. What are you waiting for? Grab your best pictures & videos and send them to travel@halaltrip.com!
Posted: August 24th, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Recently we’ve started our campaign “Reviews for charity” as we do donate 1$ USD for each published hotel review on halaltrip.com throughout the month of Ramadan. So please spread the word on your blog, via email or use the magic power of Social Media like YouTube, Twitter & Facebook and let us know! Send us your link or screenshot promoting our Ramadan campaign to info@halaltrip.com – we will then award the most creative idea with the following prizes:
Spread the word (Background: JoshuaDavisPhotography/flickr)
Posted: August 12th, 2010 | No Comments »
First of all we wish you all a blessed Ramadan and an enjoyable month with your loved ones. May this month be a time of praying, reflecting and getting closer to Allah the Almighty. We would like to contribute something special to the most wonderful time of the year. Hence, halaltrip starts his special Ramadan campaign “Reviews for charity”. For each published hotel review on halaltrip in the month of Ramadan we will donate 1$ USD for charity! So spread this message to your family & friends and browse our directory of muslim-friendly & halal hotels to share your review. If you can’t find your hotel, just send us an email and we will add the hotel after reviewing it. We hopefully continue this campaign until we reach 500 $ USD in this blessed month. Please share your feedback with us and drop a comment!
Posted: July 23rd, 2010 | No Comments »
This week we’d like to introduce you into the world behind halaltrip.com. Almost five months old the site is progressing thanks to you and a passionate team. Currently we are working on several features like an Arabic translation, some redesigning of the page and a new community feature. But what are we doing all day long in detail? We’d like to show you that based on the daily routine of halaltrip-founder Karim Saad. Check it out and enjoy 
7.30 a.m.
Thinking breakfast…
Each days starts off with a nice but simple breakfast while reading through various news sources and checking the email inbox.
9.00 a.m.
Preparing the day
What are today’s goals? Trying to setup a little milestone sheet for each day focusing on the most important tasks that have to be fulfilled. That’s the crucial moment whether you’ll be successful or not.
10.30 a.m.
Time for some marketing
Updating Social Media channels (Twitter & Facebook) and thinking about an idea for a new blog post. Replying to unread messages and doing some networking via Skype.
12 noon
It’s lunch time
Grabbing some sandwiches or going out to eat depending on how much time I can spend on lunch break. Trying to get some fresh air as this is the best time for new ideas!
1.0 p.m
Sharing some thoughts
Talking to team members and their progress in adding muslim-friendly & halal hotels to halaltrip. Brainstorming new ideas and getting feedback.
2.30 p.m.
Time for some marketing II
Second round of updating social media campaigns, calling collaboration partners and replying to various messages.
3.30 p.m.
Researching for life
The most critical and time-intensive part of the day, as detailed and accurate research is the key success factor of halaltrip.
5.30 p.m.
Almost finished…
Usually I spend the last one or two hours of the day with some reviewing of the day and final correspondence.
6.30/7.00 p.m.
Getting tired…
Finally a busy day finds his end while enjoying a relaxing evening. To be honest: Even seconds before falling asleep my mind is still playing with some new ideas. Well, that’s the destiny of building startup. And yes, it is still a heck of fun!
Posted: July 21st, 2010 | No Comments »
Apart from the worldwide economic crisis the so-called Halal tourism is on the rise. The World Travel Market Report in 2007 forecasted a massive growth for this special type of tourism within the upcoming years. One year later, the WTO Report confirmed the huge potential for halal-tourism and strongly underpinned its estimation from 2007. As there is no specific definition of Halal tourism, it is mainly perceived as a tourism product providing hospitality services that comply with Islamic Law. For example, Halal hotels do not serve alcoholic beverages, offer Halal certificates for food, wellness facilities for women, prayer rooms and, in general, a Muslim-friendly environment. More on altmuslim.com!
