China pet sitters back in business after COVID reopening

BEIJING — At Zhou Tianxiao’s hotel in Beijing’s northern suburbs, where room service includes belly rubs and squeaky toys, reservations are filling up fast as the loosening of COVID restrictions in China fuels a travel boom.

Zhou’s dog mansion is just one of many pet-sitting services that has seen a welcome return to former levels of bookings since a semblance of normal life resumed.

Zhou, who is also an internet influencer, originally built the half-million-dollar facility for the comfort of just one dog — his own border collie Sylar — before turning it into a business.
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