Forbes has an article about The Peninsula Hotel chain’s recent announcement that shark fin soup will be removed from the menus of all eight of its luxury hotels on January 1, 2012. The chain includes locations in Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong. According to the article other hotels in the region are “reviewing policies” on the dish, but the article notes that it appears that few others appear ready to drop the dish from the menu.

You can check out the entire article at Forbes.