Velvet bedspreads, 24-hour medical care, Belgian beer (non-alcoholic!), standard to deluxe to balcony suites, a salon and spa with Spanish perfumes, and a cafeteria for wedding and birthday parties—these are some of the features of Critterati, India’s first ever five-star hotel for pets. The Gurugram-based hotel was founded by Jaanwi and Deepak Chawla in 2017.
The 12,000 sqft-hotel was categorised an ‘essential service’ during the lockdown. Owners who were either stuck abroad or otherwise unable to take care of their pets, were unwilling to settle for home or farm-based boarding. Their pooches, they felt, should be quarantined in luxury.
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