Hospitality Industry
INDUSTRY | HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY Major Annual Events by Attendance (2019) Hospitality DFW is the | Event ............................................. Est/Avg Attendance Most Visited HOSPITALITY The Dallas-Fort Worth region has a robust hospitality 15 industry presence that can handle meeting and State Fair of Texas ............................................ 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 330,000 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—offer major 2 6 8 convention facilities with flexible space, along with Dallas St.
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