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.
Restaurants for the working dinner
The Arts District is the polished downtown answer when you want the evening to feel deliberate.
Uptown is the easier client play when the meeting is in central Dallas and the room needs energy.
Fort Worth downtown is the right side of the metro when the trip is really a Fort Worth trip.
See the pillar: Explore.
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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