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Posted AT 2:00 AM EDT on 17/08/05

Fairmont hotels have canines on staff

LASZLO BUHASZ AND ADAM BISBY

From Wednesday's Globe and Mail

A pair of U.S. properties in the Fairmont Hotels & Resorts chain seem to have gone to the dogs. The Fairmont Copley Plaza in Boston now offers its guests canine companionship via the hotel's resident black Labrador retriever, Catie Copley. Formally trained as a guide dog, Catie has switched careers and is now in hospitality. As "canine ambassador," Catie greets guests who miss the companionship of their own pets, and accompanies them on walks and jogs.

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