Awareness On the Preparation of Halal Foods in Selected Hotels in Brunei Darussalam

Abstract

Muslims are in no doubt follow a strict diet when it comes to consuming foods and beverages in particular. The availability and ease of access to HALAL foods plays an important role in assuring a stress-free travel when engaging in any travel to any parts of the world. A Halal-certified hotel restaurant is surely a place to go to eat without any worries. The sole purpose of this paper is to determine the awareness on the availability and consumption of halal foods in hotels. The research methods used consists of unstructured interviews which are conducted mainly on the restaurant manager, chefs and consumers from three perspective hotels, prominently in Brunei Darussalam and through the means of library research on relevant topics. Findings of this research shows that majority of the respondents are well-aware and emphasizes on the importance and utilization of halal practice in restaurants within the hotels selected. Apart from that, respondents have shown their willingness in complying the halal requirements and regulations which lead to a positive effect that ascertains the trustworthiness of the hotel restaurants towards the consumers’ satisfaction. All in all, it is hoped that this research will be of a guidance and reference for various sectors in boosting the future of the tourism sector in Brunei Darussalam and also other Muslim predominant countries.