Arabian Travel Market (ATM) will host the first ATM Global Halal Tourism Summit in 2017 as part of its line-up of special focus events.
The one-day summit, scheduled to take place on April 26, 2017 in Dubai, will feature three interactive seminar sessions covering ‘the big picture’, ‘halal destination strategies’ and ‘how to sell halal travel’, led by Muslim travel industry experts including: Faeez Fadhlillah, co-founder & CEO, Salam Standard & Tripfez; Nabeel Shariff, founder and director of Serendipity Tailormade and Luxury Halal Travel.
A 2014 report by Thomson Reuters valued the global halal food and lifestyle sector at US$1.8 trillion and this is expected to reach US$2.6 trillion by 2020.