9 things you won't believe are on offer at the New Forest's Hotel Cat (and yes, that IS a hotel for cats)

Sound tempting? Well, you won’t be allowed to stay as a guest at this particular hotel - it's exclusively for cats.

Each of the seven suites at Hotel Cat has been fitted out with all the amenities a cat could require and more.

The facilities:

1. There are four-themed suites to choose from including Moulin Rouge, Royal Mews, Beachcombers and Savannah. 

2. The bedrooms feature full size beds and duvets. 

3. A glass door, with cat flap, leads out into a garden room furnished with climbing frames and seats.

4. Guests have their own living rooms

5. There's a television set in case they want to catch up on the latest David Attenborough series.

6. The Michelin-standard menu ranges from baked chicken to smoked salmon garnished with fresh cat nip.

7. Each dish is cooked to order and served on a china dinner service with fresh spring water.

8. Owners can even have a free Skype call with their cat, so they can check how they’re doing while they're away.

9. There's even a private cat chauffeur service for felines living in London. 

The owners, Jackie, 48, and Tim Ferrier, 55, are experienced in the pet hotel business. 

Having run a similar hotel for dogs for seven years in Devon, the couple decided to move back to Hampshire and build the UK’s first cat hotel. 

They found the ideal location for their deluxe cattery in Sway, converting a derelict barn into the perfect feline facility.

“We were horrified by the look of some catteries,” Mrs Ferrier says. 

When designing the hotel, she wanted the finished rooms to be good enough for a person to stay in. 

“They’re immaculate. The cat’s rooms have even got double glazed windows, which we don’t even have in our own house!

“It’s not about being silly for the sake of it,” she adds. 

“It’s just what cats are used to at home. They’re not used to a pen, like the kind you’d find in a normal cattery. Every cat who’s stayed here so far has settled in straight away. It gives the cats a holiday as well.”

Mrs Ferrier says the reception the hotel has received so far has been fantastic. “Everybody just laughs in shock when they see it. They open the door and they’re just flabbergasted.”

Unsurprisingly, Hotel Cat has been inundated with bookings from cat-lovers looking for the purrfect place to leave their pets while they are away.

“We’ve only been open since the beginning of this month and we’re already fully-booked for Christmas and have bookings well into 2015,” she says.

As an animal-lover and someone who has always worked with them, Mrs Ferrier easily justifies her high standards for the hotel.

“The rooms are always spotless and toasty warm,” she says.

“I want the suites to feel brand new for each cat guest, so I’ll be thorough in my cleaning of them and make sure no stray hairs from other cats are left behind.”

Currently, there doesn’t seem to be much room for improvement at Hotel Cat. But Mrs Ferrier does have plans for future enhancements.

“My next plan for the hotel, if I can convince my husband, is a £20,000 investment to put in fenced gardens for the cats so they can enjoy the outdoors in a safe, enclosed area. That would be just the perfect addition.”