Monday, October 20, 2014

Moscow woos Muslim tourists with halal hotel

Moscow woos Muslim tourists with halal hotel
MOSCOW, Oct 20 — No bacon for breakfast, a room for prayers and Quran on your bedside table: A hotel in Moscow has launched a special “halal” service as Russia tries to attract visitors from the Muslim world.


“Around 70 per cent of our guests are from overseas and 13 per cent of these — or some 5,000 people — come from Muslim
countries, especially Iran,” said Lyubov Shiyan, marketing director at the Aerostar hotel.

“Our Muslim visitors were constantly asking for a separate prayer room or a special menu,” she said. “We wanted everyone who came here to feel at home.”

To make that happen, the hotel had to go through a rigorous procedure before it could finally be certified halal by Muslim officials in Russia and launch the service this month.

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