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AL ROKER reporting: This morning on TODAY'S TRAVELS , pet-
friendly hotels . If you're planning a summer getaway and want
to make sure everyone has a good time, including your pet, there
are some great destinations from coast to coast. Nilou Motamed
is the features director at Travel Leisure magazine. Nilou ,
good to see you.      Ms. NILOU MOTAMED (Features Editor, Travel
Leisure Magazine): Good to see you, too, Al .      ROKER: So all
these hotels , and we're not talking cheap hotels , we're
talking four-star hotels , are becoming more pet-friendly.
Ms. MOTAMED: Four- and five-star hotels are getting in on the
pet business. Seventy-two million Americans have dogs and 16
million of them travel with those dogs. That means, I mean,
dollar signs right there for hotels .      ROKER: So what's the
criteria? What makes it a pet-friendly hotel?      Ms. MOTAMED:
Well, the main thing that w