The 100-acre Hutton Brickyards Riverfront Hotel + Venue in Kingston, New York, is formalizing its pet-welcome strategy with a new partnership alongside Oh Norman!, the dog wellness brand co-founded by actress Kaley Cuoco and CEO Katie Hunt. The resulting "Oh Norman! Good Dog Getaway" package embeds branded pet products directly into the arrival experience — a move that illustrates how boutique hospitality operators are turning pet amenities into a distinct revenue and loyalty lever.
The Package Details
Guests booking the program find a curated Oh Norman! welcome kit waiting in their temperature-controlled cabin. Product selections subject to availability include Fetch Me! Recycled Tennis Balls, WTF Dog Treats, Clean the Eff Up! Body Wipes, Minty Fresh AF Breath Mints, Clean Effing Ears Ear Wipes, and Fresh & Foamy AF! Waterless Cleaner — all formulated with clean, ethically sourced ingredients free from corn, soy, wheat, hormones, and antibiotics. The property allows up to two dogs per cabin, requires current vaccinations and flea-and-tick protection, and mandates leashing outside the cabin.
On the food-and-beverage side, the open-air River Pavilion — open May through October — is fully dog-friendly, giving operators a concrete example of how alfresco dining spaces can be designed to capture the growing segment of travelers who will not book a stay that separates them from their pets. Guests can also walk a 1.9-mile stretch of the Empire State Trail directly from the property and visit nearby Kingston destination Bark and Biscuit, a gourmet dog bakery and boutique, rounding out the experience with local culinary discovery.
Why Operators Should Pay Attention
"Hutton Brickyards was designed as a place where people can slow down and reconnect — with nature, with each other, and with the Hudson Valley itself," said Karl Slovin, Owner of Hutton Brickyards. "For a lot of our guests, that includes their dogs. Partnering with Oh Norman! lets us extend the same thoughtfulness we put into the guest experience to their pets, so no one has to choose between a getaway and their best friend."
The partnership reflects a broader shift in boutique hotel food and beverage programming, where curated brand collaborations — particularly with wellness-oriented consumer labels — are replacing generic amenity baskets. Embedding a named product line into the arrival sequence gives properties a storytelling hook, a potential co-marketing channel through the partner brand's audience, and an upsell pathway if guests seek to purchase products directly. For properties managing seasonal outdoor dining venues, extending dog-friendly policies to those spaces can meaningfully expand booking windows and party sizes.
The wellness angle also aligns with wider trends tracked across hospitality food and beverage operations, where guests increasingly expect the same ingredient-transparency standards they apply to their own diets to carry over to what their pets are offered on property. Oh Norman!'s clean-formulation positioning gives Hutton Brickyards a defensible quality narrative rather than a generic "pets welcome" sign.
The Good Dog Getaway package is bookable now at huttonbrickyards.com/dog-friendly-hotel. The property is professionally managed by Waterford Hotel Group.
Written by Michael Politz, Author of Guide to Restaurant Success: The Proven Process for Starting Any Restaurant Business From Scratch to Success (ISBN: 978-1-119-66896-1), Founder of Food & Beverage Magazine, the leading online magazine and resource in the industry. Designer of the Bluetooth logo and recognized in Entrepreneur Magazine's "Top 40 Under 40" for founding American Wholesale Floral, Politz is also the Co-founder of the Proof Awards and the CPG Awards and a partner in numerous consumer brands across the food and beverage sector.
