New York (PR) – Crescentrating, a Muslim lifestyle friendly travel portal and rating service is expanding to cover hotels in the United States which will enable US hotels to tap into this lucrative niche travel market.
After a sharp decline following 9/11, Muslim travel to the US is on the rise, though not yet to pre 9/11 levels. Crescentrating, a Muslim lifestyle friendly travel portal and rating service, estimates this market to be $100 billion globally in 2010. Crescentrating is now expanding to cover hotels in the United States which will enable US hotels to tap into this lucrative niche travel market.
Fazal Bahardeen, CEO of Crescentrating: „We estimate that the growth of Muslim travelers will outpace the growth of other travel segments, and by 2020 this segment of travelers will be spending close to USD 200 billion a year.“