Longcroft Luxury Hotel … for Cats

A luxurious hotel suite - complete with four-poster bed, state-of-the-art sound system and fine dining - for just £15 a night has opened up at Hertfordshire. At the Longcroft Luxury Cat Hotel in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, feline guests can have a pampering break of their own while their owners are away on holiday.

The hotel has six individually-themed heated chalets. Guest cats are treated to jazz and classical music piped through a £5,000 state-of-the-art sound system. Outside their private windows are bird boxes to keep the cats are entertained while porcelain water fountains deliver perfectly fresh oxygenated water. Residents can take advantage of optional extras like the Grooming Pamper Package, which includes delicate treatments for the ears and eyes, and a nail shape, massage and shine.

The hotel organic 'A La Cat' menu, which was developed by a feline nutritionist, includes treats such as white fish, ethically fished yellowfin tuna or chicken liver balls. Meals are served on silver platters and bone china plates.

The owners of the hotel, Abi and Matt Purser, offer around-the-clock care and send absent owners postcards from the kitties giving updates on their own little holidays.