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Business Travel to Dallas-Fort Worth: The Complete Guide

By Rachel Julian, Editor-in-Chief · · 4 min read

Everything a business traveler needs for Dallas-Fort Worth — getting around, where to stay, the companies you'd visit, and the conferences that land here.

Direct answer: Dallas-Fort Worth for business travel: fly into DFW and Dallas Love Field (DAL); DFW has DART rail to downtown, but the Metroplex is sprawling — mostly a rental-car metro once you leave the core. 23 major-company headquarters here have full guides. Where to stay, getting around, and who you're visiting — below.
Airports
DFW and Dallas Love Field (DAL)
Getting around
DFW has DART rail to downtown, but the Metroplex is sprawling — mostly a rental-car metro once you leave the core.
Company HQs here
23 in our guides
Where to stay
Where to stay in Dallas-Fort Worth

Getting around Dallas-Fort Worth

DFW connects to downtown Dallas by DART’s Orange Line (~45 min), with TEXRail to Fort Worth — but the Metroplex is vast and car-shaped. Most business travelers rent or rideshare, because the headquarters are scattered from downtown to Las Colinas/Irving to Plano and Frisco, and DART reaches few of them. Love Field (DAL) has no train but is closer to the central submarkets.

Where to stay in Dallas-Fort Worth

Match the hotel to the office, not the reflex booking. Our where to stay in dallas-fort worth guide maps the metro by submarket and employer, with a verified shortlist for each company.

Who you're visiting: Dallas-Fort Worth's headquarters

Each company below has a complete visit guide — the hotel, the airport route, and the meeting. Pick your client.

AECOMNorth Dallas, by the Galleria
American AirlinesCentrePort, on the southeast edge of DFW Airport
AT&TDowntown Dallas, the Akard Street / Discovery District core
Builders FirstSourceDowntown Dallas, on Bryan Street
CaterpillarLas Colinas, on O'Connor Boulevard
CBRE GroupUptown Dallas, on McKinney Avenue
CelaneseLas Colinas, on Las Colinas Boulevard
Charles SchwabWestlake, in the Solana development
Commercial Metals Company (CMC)Las Colinas, on MacArthur Boulevard
D.R. HortonArlington, near the Entertainment District
Energy TransferNorth Dallas, at Preston Center
FluorLas Colinas, on Las Colinas Boulevard
HF SinclairUptown Dallas, in the Harwood District
Jacobs SolutionsDowntown Dallas, on Bryan Street
Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP)Frisco, at The Star
Kimberly-ClarkLas Colinas / Irving, on Phelps Drive
McKessonLas Colinas, on State Highway 161
Primoris ServicesDowntown Dallas, in the Arts District
Southwest AirlinesDallas Love Field, northwest of downtown
Tenet HealthcareNorth Dallas, on the Dallas Parkway by the Galleria
Texas Instruments (TI)North Dallas, on TI Boulevard
VistraLas Colinas, on Sierra Drive
Yum China HoldingsPlano, in the Legacy West district

A free evening in Dallas-Fort Worth

In Dallas, Klyde Warren Park and the Katy Trail are the walkable reset downtown. The Arts District suits a client evening; Deep Ellum is the louder option. The Dallas Arboretum or the Sixth Floor Museum are the half-day picks.

More on working the city and recovering on the road.

Before you book

Every trip here is a spend against a quota. Score it with the Trip ROI Scorecard, then plan the airport-to-office run and book to the right submarket.

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Sources: airport and transit guidance is The Sales Traveler's own, based on Dallas-Fort Worth geography and its airports (DFW and Dallas Love Field (DAL)); company and hotel details are reused from our verified where-to-stay and getting-there guides. Local picks are well-known public landmarks and districts, chosen for a business traveler's free evening — not paid placements.
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