Associate Professor Dr Noriah Ramli is a lecturer at Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). She obtained her PhD in Law in 2007. She was the former Deputy Director, International Halal Audit, Certification and Consultancy at International Institute for Halal Research and Training, IIUM. Among her major input in the field of research was under the Niche Research Grant Scheme, Muslim Friendly Hospitality Services: Developing Legal and Administrative Framework in Malaysia, among which the main achievement was the development of the Malaysian Standard (MS 2610:2015) Muslim Friendly Hospitality Services – Requirements. She is currently conducting research in Halal Medical Tourism and the need for legal framework for Shariah Compliant Retirement Village, Malaysia. She is also an MQA panel for Bachelor and Diploma in Halal Management programmes at several local IPTs. In March 2015, she was a visiting lecturer at Business Research, University of Waikato, New Zealand, and co-authored the journal article “Positioning New Zealand as World Preferred Halal Tourism Destination” and keynote address “Role and Contributions of Tourism Stakeholders” at New Zealand 2nd Halal Symposium, Auckland Institute of Studies. She was also involved as Panel, Bengkel Pemantapan Mekanisme dan Tadbir Urus Halal di Malaysia and Technical Committee, Bengkel Susulan Memperkukuh dan Memperkasa Akta Perihal Dagangan 1972.