Omni Hotels, based in Irving, Texas, has 40 luxury hotels throughout North America. Each of the company's United States properties will be using eggs from farms that are third-party audited by the nonprofit organization, Humane Farm Animal Care. Omni Hotels will be phasing in the exclusive use of cage free eggs beginning this month as part of its new breakfast program.

"Part of Omni's commitment to bringing guests a truly best-in-class dining experience includes this important decision to purchase cage free eggs," said Fernando Salazar, vice president of food and beverage for Omni Hotels.

Omni Hotels joins a growing number of schools and companies that are moving away from eggs from caged hens. More than 150 schools across the country have enacted policies to eliminate or greatly reduce their use of eggs from caged hens.

In Texas, American Funds Service Company in San Antonio; Anadarko Petroleum Corporation; and Cisco Systems, Inc. in Austin have also moved away from using eggs from caged hens.

"The Humane Society of the United States commends Omni Hotel?s leadership in helping prevent one of the worst factory farm abuses," said Paul Shapiro, Factory Farming Campaign director for The HSUS. "Omni Hotels is setting a positive example for other hotel chains to follow."