Ovolo Hotels Removes Meat from All Restaurants, Bars and Room Service

Rather than offer guests a choice, Ovolo Hotels has taken the unusual decision of making all of its restaurants, bars, and food services vegetarian for an entire year, effective today, 1 October 2020.

The Hong Kong-based hotel company says that it has been inspired to act on climate change and environmental conservation, and as such is phasing out meat to focus on creating plant-based cuisine instead.

Girish Jhunjhnuwala, Ovolo Group’s Founder and CEO, said, “Dining out – enjoying quality food and wine with good company – is one of life’s greatest pleasures. We want to be conscious about what we’re consuming and practice sustainability as much as we can because we believe this can have an enormous impact on the environment and humanity at large. To that end, we’re evolving our food offerings so that our guests can continue enjoying great dining experiences in a more sustainable manner.”

To further the plant-based cause, Ovolo is also revamping its room service menus. For this “Year of the Veg” as the hotel management company calls it, guests will be able to enjoy an array of vegetarian dishes in the comfort of their guest room.

Ovolo currently has hotels in Australia, Hong Kong and Indonesia.

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