High-end accommodations for pooches are thriving in one of the world's most unequal countries. They have their defenders and ...

On the skydeck of the Superwoof Dog Hotel in Cape Town, South Africa, the guests are having a blast. Some splash about in a shallow plunge pool, while others chase after balls thrown by the hotel ...

Superwoof's managing director, Bianca Couch, admits that in the socioeconomic context of Cape Town, the idea of luxury dog hotels can be "jarring." Decades of institutionalized racial segregation ...