INDUSTRY | HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY

Major Annual Events by Attendance Hospitality DFW is the |

Event ...... Est/Avg Attendance Most Visited HOSPITALITY The -Fort Worth region has a robust hospitality 15 industry presence that can handle meeting and State Fair of ...... 2,514,637 Metropolitan convention events of all sizes and types, whether an Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo ...... 1,216,140 annual meeting for a major national association or 16 13 Addison Kaboom Town ...... 500,000 Area in Texas a short-lead executive board meeting requiring the Nearly 340,000 people utmost security and service. Toyota Dallas Holiday Parade...... 450,000 The market includes a large base of hotel facilities, Main Street Fort Worth Arts Fest ...... 400,000 are employed in the 19 hospitality industry ranging from budget to luxury within 15 minutes of Grapefest ...... 261,000 Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. This helps make in the DFW area, Fort Worth Mayfest ...... 200,000 the region a convenient destination for meetings that among thousands of 12 20 4 require travel from points throughout the United States. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Parade and Festival ...... 200,000 employers. 10 Central business districts in Dallas and Fort Worth Scarborough Renaissance Festival ...... 200,000 are half an hour from Dallas Fort Worth International BMW Dallas Marathon ...... 160,000 18 Airport, while downtown Dallas is just 10 minutes away AT&T Byron Nelson ...... 150,270 from Dallas Love Field. Both Dallas and Fort Worth— 17 Taste of Dallas ...... 150,000 7 as well as the surrounding suburbs—o er major 2 6 8 convention facilities with lexible space, along with Dallas St. Patrick’s Day Parade ...... 120,000 11 3 1 robust entertainment and lodging amenities at a wide 14 Dallas Blooms ...... 115,000 5 range of price points. 9 Dr Pepper Dallas Cup ...... 105,000 Red River Showdown ...... 96,332 Major Hotels and Resorts Richardson Wildlower Festival ...... 70,000 Cambria Hotel & Suites Omni Dallas Big 12 Conference Football Championship ...... 65,191 Convention Center Hotel Canopy by Hilton Dallas Uptown North Texas Irish Festival ...... 60,000 Canvas Hotel Omni Fort Worth Hotel All-Star National Cheerleading Championship ...... 54,538 Fairmont Dallas Omni Mandalay Hotel Four Seasons Resort Dallas at at Las Colinas Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic ...... 52,365 Renaissance Dallas Las Colinas Addison Oktoberfest ...... 50,000 Gaylord Texan Resort & at Plano Legacy West Hotel Convention Center Renaissance Dallas Hotel Fan Expo Dallas Comic Con ...... 40,898 Great Wolf Lodge Grapevine Renaissance Dallas Dallas Dia de los Muertos parade ...... 40,000 NumberNumber of Advancedof Hospitality Services Businesses Businesses Hilton Anatole Richardson Hotel Industry Establishments Avg. Employment Dallas International Film Festival ...... 27,000 Hilton Dallas Lincoln Centre Ritz-Carlton Dallas Accommodation and Food Services 14,824 338,637 Hilton Dallas Plano Granite Park Rosewood Mansion 1 4060 216760 on Turtle Creek Hotel Crescent Court Sheraton Hotel Dallas by Economic Impact Hotel ZaZa Dallas Recent Major Events Hyatt Regency Dallas The Adolphus, Autograph Collection Hyatt Regency DFW Event ...... Direct Spending Meeting and Exhibition Facilities Other Civic and Convention Sites The Ashton International Airport GoodYear Cotton Bowl Classic ...... $49,252,699 Hyatt Regency North Dallas The Highland Dallas, 1 The Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center 12 Addison Conference Centre Curio Collection by Hilton Red River Showdown ...... $44,201,961 Richardson 2 Hilton Anatole Hotel 13 InterContinental Hotel Dallas The Joule National Cheerleaders Association National Championship . . . . . $42,335,416 3 Music Hall at 14 Arlington Convention Center Le Meridien The Stoneleigh The Statler Hotel Dallas, Curio Collection by Hilton Dr Pepper Dallas Cup ...... $38,257,757 4 Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center 15 Denton Expo Center Lorenzo Hotel The Worthington Magnolia Dallas Downtown Mary Kay Annual Seminar ...... $37,059,052 5 Fort Worth Convention Center 16 Frisco Conference Center Renaissance Fort Worth Hotel Marriott Dallas Addison American Thoracic Society International Conference ...... $34,821,830 6 Sheraton Dallas Hotel 17 Hurst Conference Center W Dallas - Victory Quorum By The Galleria 7 Dallas Market Hall 18 Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas Warwick Melrose Hotel Dallas Specialty Graphic Imaging Association Printing United ...... $31,783,331 Marriott Dallas Fort Worth Hotel 8 Hyatt Regency Dallas at Reunion 19 Plano Convention Centre & Golf Club at Champions Circle Westin Dallas Downtown Texas FFA Association Annual Convention and Trade Show ...... $15,403,134 9 Will Rogers Memorial Center 20 Richardson Civic Center Marriott Dallas Fort Worth Solana Westin Dallas UIL Spirit State Championship ...... $11,288,326 Marriott Dallas Plano at Legacy Fort Worth Airport 10 InterContinental Dallas Town Center Westin Dallas Park Central American Cheerleaders Association National Championships . . . . $8,226,986 11 Omni Dallas Hotel

Source: 2019.4 – QCEW Employees, Non-QCEW Employees, and Self-Employed

Legend: General and Marketing Managers Sales Managers Food Service Chefs and Head Cooks First-Line Supervisors Customer Service Hotel, Motel, Occupation Operations 5,169 | $62.86 10,058 | $59.95 Managers 2,276 | $24.59 of Food Preparation Representatives and Resort Desk Clerks Jobs | Median hourly earnings Managers 4,636 | $24.42 and Serving Workers 95,821 | $16.56 5,907 | $11.35 60,590 | $51.47 23,635 | $17.07

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