The Peninsula Hotels recognises that sharks around the world are increasingly threatened with extinction, primarily due to unsustainable fishery practices.

To support the conservation of marine bio-diversity, and given the difficulty of identifying shark fin products that have come from non-threatened species and those subject to illegal fishery practices, all Peninsula Hotels will stop serving shark fin and related products with effect from 1 January 2012.

The ban covers the Chinese restaurants and banqueting facilities at The Peninsula hotels in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Tokyo, Bangkok and Chicago.

Banquet bookings involving shark fin soup made prior to this date, but taking place after 1 January 2012, will be honoured accordingly.