Vegan Hospitality was founded in response to the worldwide need for vegan friendly dining options and compassionate customer service. Statistically, the demand for vegan options has risen by over 700% per year in recent years, in major countries around the world including the US, UK and Australia. Restaurants, hotels, and other food service businesses that build vegan-friendly service into their mission now will reap the benefits of expanding their customer base, improving staff satisfaction and employee retention, and implementing sustainable food service solutions.

Who are our clients? We train and certify businesses that are committed to serving vegan customers with the same quality as traditional customers, because they know that they are one and the same. They realize that in a changing world, with sustainability, health and ethical food consumption as driving factors toward diet choice, traditional customers are returning to eat as vegan customers. The businesses we train and certify are leading the vegan market in their communities. Our programs are the highest standard in vegan-friendly hospitality, based on consumer psychology and real hospitality case studies, designed to bring you the most effective training tools in the industry.

We are experts at solving these two modern hospitality problems. Which one are you experiencing?

1) You have an increasing number of guests requesting vegan options and are not sure how to confidently or creatively accommodate them, or don’t have the time to work on this yourself.

2) You aren’t seeing many vegan requests at all, and you wonder what you might be missing out on. For clients who are not currently serving vegans, it is important to understand the Veto Vote.

What is the “Veto Vote”? The Veto Vote describes what happens when a group of people makes a decision on where to dine. The vegan in the group has the “Veto Vote” because the group will choose to eat or vacation at a location where their vegan friend or family member can be comfortably served. With the incredible vegan options available these days, vegans will no longer settle for eating a side salad, baked potato, or standard veggie patty. The Veto Vote describes that the vegan chooses where the group eats. This causes businesses without creative vegan options to lose business. One of our favorite client success stories in overcoming the Veto Vote is a restaurant that hired us because they were seeing 1 vegan request per week and wanted to confidently and creatively accommodate these guests. Within the first month of launching a small new vegan menu they began to see an increase to serving 5 vegan meals per week. Just a few months later, they found themselves serving 10 vegan meals per day and receiving requests from vegan guests to thank the chef in person.

A results-oriented program specifically designed for hospitality businesses.

Get trained as a vegan hospitality consultant to make an impact in your community and beyond.

Get awarded for meeting the global standards for vegan friendly guest services at your hotel, lodge, or travel accommodation.

Meredith Marin

Founder & CEO of Vegan Hospitality

Meredith Marin is a Hospitality Consultant and Industry Leader specializing in Vegan Hospitality and Tourism.  Her work began in the Caribbean, where she consulted for restaurants, hotels, food service businesses and chefs to boost their businesses by attracting and serving vegan guests. She has provided vegan service training for hospitality professionals from chefs and managers to front desk and concierge staff at popular resorts including Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt, Holiday Inn, and more. She is known within the industry as a pioneer in bringing vegan consulting to the hospitality world. Meredith personally trains all Vegan Hospitality Consultants who work across the globe, and she oversees our Executive Team which currently spans three continents.

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