Over the past several years, the Muslim population is growing at the faster rate than the non-Muslim population. The increasing population has resulted in demand for the Halal hotels to grow solidly and quickly. Most of the hotels need to take a holistic approach in obtaining the Halal certification for their service operations practices. In addition, research towards Halal certification practices in hotel industry has rarely been studied. Information search for practicing Halal in the hotel industry is somewhat challenging because most of hotels are reluctant to share in depth information on how they perform Halal practices in the organization. Hence, this research aims to develop a model of Halal certification practices. This research also aims to examine how Halal certification practices affect hotel performance. The Halal certification practices were measured by 12 items. The 12 items of Halal certification practices identified included -(1) Halal Documentation, (2) Management Responsibility, (3) Raw Material, (4) Location, (5) Exterior Area, (6) Premise, (7) Facility, (8) Tools and Equipment, (9) Staff Characteristic, (10) Staff Policy, (11) Pest Control, and (12) Waste Management. 60 questionnaires were distributed to staff of EDC-UUM. 54 responses were returned, which representing 90% response rate. The data was analyzed using factor analysis, reliability analysis, descriptive statistic, and regression analysis. The findings depicted that facilities and staff policy to have significant effects on hotel performance. The other 10 practices were found to have no effect on the hotel performance.

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Organisations need to perform, productivity needs to be improved and organisations’ activities need to be more effective, especially after the world economic crisis due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Therefore, the need for quality improvements is crucial in both manufacturing and service sectors. The main purpose of this paper is to present an analysis of internal communication patterns in TQM implementation in Malaysia's manufacturing organisations. This is a multiple case study done using qualitative in-depth interview technique of data collections with 14 informants representing five large manufacturing organisations. Open-ended questions in semi-structured interviews enabled informants to describe their answers based on themes. The study has been carried out in manufacturing organisations originating from three different continents; two Malaysian local organisations, two eastern and one western organizations, and all of them located in Malaysia. In selecting the informants, the study adopts a judgment type of purposive sampling techniques. Results show that the most preferable and reliable communication medium between superiors and subordinates is still face-to-face meetings, although we are in the era of technology and IR4.0. Meanwhile, telephones are popular among the administration staff. The preferable form of communication between internal-operational is formal, without denying that informal form ofl communication is also important. Keywords: Internal communication, organizational communication, multiple case study, systematic process analysis, TQM.