The Practice of Shariah-Compliant Hotel in Malaysia

Abstract

Abstract-Over the past one decade, there has been an increasing focus on Islamic products and services research such as Halal food and Islamic banking. Halal revolution has created increasing awareness among Muslim to consume Halal product or Shariah-compliant services. In responding to this development, hotels created innovative services for Muslim guests called Shariah-compliant hotel (SCH). However, there is lack of research on the characteristics, and implementation of SCH has been carried out in the hotel industry. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to understand the practice of SCH in

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“…Its operations are not limited to serving halal food and drink, but also encompasses making sure that all other entire operations are governed by Shariah principles. The Islamic hotel according to Samori & Abd Rahman (2013) lacks an established model and a formal criteria the Middle East (Samori & Abd Rahman, 2013).Din (as cited in Salleh, Hamid, Hashim, & Omain, 2014) in an attempt to describe an ICH proposed that such hotels could offer: Salleh, Hamid, Hashim, & Omain, 2014)) viewed ICH from marketing activities direction, and he argued that "destination marketing organizations and hotels could improve their marketing efforts by presenting more Islamic information on their Web sites". Rosenberg & Choufany (2009)based on discussion with industrial practitioners classified the features of an ICH into three broad categories.…”

“…These are the operations, design and interiors, and financial requirements. However, Salleh, Hamid, Hashim, & Omain (2014)believed that the guidelines neglect the daily needs of Muslim travelers, which include performing daily prayer. Bakr (as cited in Stephenson, Russell, & Edgar 2010)described the feature of Islamic hotels to include:…”

“…The work according to Salleh, Hamid, Hashim, & Omain (2014)though provided broad procedures which focused on making the room interior in accordance with the Muslim requests and included management concept but "overlooks the entertainment and recreational facilities in accordance to the Shariah law, which are important to meet the needs of hotel guests". Henderson (2010)suggested a set attributes for the ICH which he believed are the "commonly accepted and have implications for operations as well as development and financing".…”