Business Travel to Dallas-Fort Worth: The Complete Guide
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.
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.
| AECOM | North Dallas, by the Galleria |
| American Airlines | CentrePort, on the southeast edge of DFW Airport |
| AT&T | Downtown Dallas, the Akard Street / Discovery District core |
| Builders FirstSource | Downtown Dallas, on Bryan Street |
| Caterpillar | Las Colinas, on O'Connor Boulevard |
| CBRE Group | Uptown Dallas, on McKinney Avenue |
| Celanese | Las Colinas, on Las Colinas Boulevard |
| Charles Schwab | Westlake, in the Solana development |
| Commercial Metals Company (CMC) | Las Colinas, on MacArthur Boulevard |
| D.R. Horton | Arlington, near the Entertainment District |
| Energy Transfer | North Dallas, at Preston Center |
| Fluor | Las Colinas, on Las Colinas Boulevard |
| HF Sinclair | Uptown Dallas, in the Harwood District |
| Jacobs Solutions | Downtown Dallas, on Bryan Street |
| Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) | Frisco, at The Star |
| Kimberly-Clark | Las Colinas / Irving, on Phelps Drive |
| McKesson | Las Colinas, on State Highway 161 |
| Primoris Services | Downtown Dallas, in the Arts District |
| Southwest Airlines | Dallas Love Field, northwest of downtown |
| Tenet Healthcare | North Dallas, on the Dallas Parkway by the Galleria |
| Texas Instruments (TI) | North Dallas, on TI Boulevard |
| Vistra | Las Colinas, on Sierra Drive |
| Yum China Holdings | Plano, 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
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