According to the rustourismnews, the travel industry has been lacking a dedicated travel booking site catering to the needs of Muslims. All that is changed with the acquisition of HalalTrip.com by Crescentrating, the world’s leading authority on Halal Travel. It is now re-launching. HalalTrip.com as the world’s first full-fledged travel booking site that specializes in the needs of the Muslim traveler.

HalalTrip.com features over 380,000 Booking.com hotels and other accommodations to choose from. A global directory of Halal restaurants, mosques and other Halal friendly amenities near the hotel and surrounding neighborhood will allow the travelers to make educated choices. Crescentrated Hotels will also be featured with information regarding their verified and audited Halal friendly facilities and amenities. HalalTrip.com has partnered with Booking.com to provide its customers with one of the world’s largest inventories of hotel and holiday travel accommodations.

Tour packages tailor made for Muslim travelers will soon be available on HalalTrip.com and via accredited travel agents. These tour packages have been developed in partnership with Kuoni Group Travel Experts, one of the world’s largest wholesale tour operators.

Muslim traveler’s expenditure is estimated to reach USD 200 billion by 2020. Along with the increasing penetration of internet and smart phones in the Middle East and other Muslim majority markets, online travel booking is set to grow rapidly in these regions.