Muslim Friendly Tourism:
Regulating Accommodation Establishments
In the OIC Member Countries
4
Selected List of Current MFT Standards
Standard Country
Standard
Releasing
Body
Type of Body Criteria Measured
Examples of
Establishments
Implementing
Standard
MS 2610:2015 Malaysia Standards
Malaysia
Government Various MFT
elements (food,
prayer, wellness,
training) at hotels,
tour operators
Grand Seasons
Mandarin
Oriental
TS 13683 1 Turkey TSE (Turkish
Standards
Institution)
Government Various elements
beyond basic MFT
(management,
offerings, design,
operations,
conduct)
Ikbal Thermal
Hotel
(application in
process)
Rulebook of
Certifying and
Categorization
of Hospitality
Services, …
Croatia Center for Halal
Quality
Certification
NGO2 Various MFT
elements (food,
prayer, wellness,
recreation)
Esplanade
Westin
Crescent
Rating 3
Global CrescentRating Private 4 main criteria with
20 elements
(related to food,
prayer, Ramadan,
and recreation)
Grand Blue Wave
(Malaysia);
Nouvo City Hotel
(Thailand);
Aljawhara
Gardens (Dubai)
Salam
Standard
Global Lagitasu Travel Private More of a directory
with MFT attributes
than a standard
>10 k hotels, incl.
Archipelago
Hotel Group,
chains4
Taiwan MFT
certification
Taiwan China Muslim
Association
Government-
backed, NGO-
run
(standard n/a;
likely elements are
prayer and food
related)
Ambassador
Hotel Taipei5
Sofyan
Standard6
Regional
(from
Indonesia)
Sofyan Hotels Privately Full standard n/a,
but covers
operation, offerings
Radana (Bali)
Instituto Halal
internal
standard7
Spain Instituto Halal NGO-run Basic MFT elements
(Quran availability,
prayer rug, Halal
food, Qibla, prayer
time tables, prayer
room)
Alanda, Hotel El
Palace, Tryp
Meliá Córdoba
Source: DinarStandard
1 Turkey. TÜRK STANDARDLARI ENSTİTÜSÜ. TURKISH STANDARD TS 13683: Halal Management System - Hotels. Ankara:
TSE, 2016. Print. ICS 03.080.30; 03.200.
2 Empowered by government to have exclusive authority on “Halal” issues
3 "CrescentRating Overview for Hotels." World's Leading Authority on Halal Travel – CrescentRating. Crescent Rating,
2016. Web. 17 Oct. 2016.
4 "Muslim-friendly Hotel Standard Portal Goes Live." ITB Asia. TTG Asia Media, 29 Oct. 2015. Web. 17 Oct. 2016.
5 "Dining and Accommodation for Muslim." Taiwan: The Heart of Asia. Tourism Bureau, Republic of China, 2 Sept. 2016.
Web. 17 Oct. 2016.
6 Telephone interview for MFT Standards. 10 Oct. 2016.
7 E-mail interview for MFT Standards. 27 Sept. 2016.