Translation of Hühnchen

My name is Michael Jonsan and I am working with Swiss and German companies through the chamber of commerce, mainly in the bio and pharmaceutical markets. I hope that we can learn languages together.
I tried to explain that I was preferring to eat with everybody together I that I preferred not to eat meat if they did not eat it either, for financial reasons. I thought that they understood my feelings.
The days before I left to Mexico and Cuba I started to track the hurricanes in the region. September was not the ideal time to visit the region, but it fitted the best according to my previous boss.