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3232008: Driskill Named Top Pet-Friendly Hotel

What's the best place to stay with your pet? According to Animal Fair, the nation’s first lifestyle magazine and website for animal lovers, it's Austin's Driskill Hotel. The historic hotel won top hotel honors in the Fourth Annual Cesar® Five Dog Bone Awards. Here's what the magazine had to say about this downtown property:

Pet-Friendly Hotel: The Driskill Hotel (Austin, Texas) There’s going to be a huge stampede of vacationing pets and their owners visiting The Driskill Hotel in Austin, Texas after the word gets out that Animal Fair’s readers have honored this historic hotel with the coveted 2008 Cesar® Five Dog Bone Award for Pet-Friendliest Hotel. While staying in their Victorian decorated suites, guests will feel like royalty, and so will their pets. Celebrities such as President Clinton, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, Paul Simon and The Dixie Chicks have rested their cowboy/girl hats at this fine animal-inviting establishment. The Driskill’s Pampered Pet Program offers a comfy custom-designed, pet bed with the Driskill logo, delicious-looking food and water bowls, bottled water, gourmet pet treats and a chew toy. They also celebrate an “I Love My Dog Better” singles pet package that also includes a robe, champagne and chocolate-covered fruit for the pet’s master. Texas is known for doing everything big – and Animal Fair’s readers agree that the Driskill Hotel is large on being graciously pet-friendly.

For more information:
• visit www.driskillhotel.com

Photo courtesy The Driskill Hotel

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