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How the world's first vegan hotel suite at Hilton London Bankside is helping animal lovers sleep easy

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The vegan suite at London’s five-star Hilton London Bankside hotel – created without the use of any animal products – features plant-based toiletries, cotton carpets and fabrics, pillows made from millet hulls and bamboo fibres and fruit leather made from pineapple leaves. Photos: Luxurylaunches
The vegan suite at London’s five-star Hilton London Bankside hotel – created without the use of any animal products – features plant-based toiletries, cotton carpets and fabrics, pillows made from millet hulls and bamboo fibres and fruit leather made from pineapple leaves. Photos: Luxurylaunches
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The vegan trend has literally left me spellbound.

Pillows in the ‘vegan’ suite at London’s Hilton London Bankside hotel contain fibres sourced from plants such as bamboo and buckwheat and millet hulls. Photo: Handout
Pillows in the ‘vegan’ suite at London’s Hilton London Bankside hotel contain fibres sourced from plants such as bamboo and buckwheat and millet hulls. Photo: Handout

Crafted from solely plant-based materials, the suite is now available for bookings at the five-star Hilton London Bankside hotel, in Great Suffolk Street, close to the Southbank Tube station and the River Thames.

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The standard assortment of materials that you would expect to find in any other hotel room, from leather and wool to feathers – indeed anything non-vegan – are absent from this suite.

The bathroom of the suite uses products such as soap, shampoo and conditioner made from plant-based products. Photo: Handout
The bathroom of the suite uses products such as soap, shampoo and conditioner made from plant-based products. Photo: Handout

Pinatex, a vegan-friendly leather alternative – made from fibres sourced from waste pineapple leaves – has finally made its debut on the hospitality landscape.

The suite, which features a large bedroom, sitting area and bathroom, uses the fruit leather on its grey settee, red scatter cushions and the bed headboard.

The living area in the vegan room at the Hilton London Bankside hotel, created by design firm Bompas & Parr, includes the use of pinatex, a fruit leather made from the fibres of pineapple leaves, and cotton carpets. Photo: Handout
The living area in the vegan room at the Hilton London Bankside hotel, created by design firm Bompas & Parr, includes the use of pinatex, a fruit leather made from the fibres of pineapple leaves, and cotton carpets. Photo: Handout

The design has been carefully thought through, and everything from cotton carpets and footstools to scatter cushions and the headboard have been made from the animal-friendly product.

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