Grapevine.GREAT LOCATION AND WORLD-CLASS FACILITIES What could be more convenient than meeting in Grapevine, Texas Grapevine is a city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States. As of the 2000 census the city population was 42,059, though the 2006 U.S. Census Bureau estimate puts the city's population at 48,583. , home to DFW DFW Dallas/Ft Worth, TX, USA - Dallas Ft Worth International (Airport Code) DFW Department of Fish and Wildlife DFW David Foster Wallace DFW Drug-Free Workplace DFW Down For Whatever (song by Pretty Young Things) International Airport? With the April opening of the Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center, Grapevine has more than 3,700 hotel rooms in four luxury properties. In addition to Gaylord, Grapevine offers the Embassy Suites Outdoor World, the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center, and the Hyatt Regency DFW. All of these properties offer resort amenities and free shuttle service to the airport. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Grapevine also offers more than 500 mid-priced and economy hotel rooms, as well as three golf courses that are rated among the nation's top 50 public courses. Six winery/tasting rooms and the Grapevine Mills Grapevine Mills is a shopping mall located in Grapevine, Texas. The mall is one of the larger shopping centers in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Grapevine Mills currently totals over 1.6 million square feet in size. mega-mall with 18 anchor stores and 200 specialty shops offer even more leisure activities. In January, the new 298-room Grand Hyatt Hotel will open at DFW with a spa, restaurant, rooftop pool, and 17,100 square feet of meeting space. The new Hyatt is part of a $2.6 billion capital improvement project at DFW International Airport that will create the new DFW International Terminal D, a 2 million-square-foot complex with 23 gates capable of handling wide-body jets. The new terminal is scheduled for a first quarter 2005 completion. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Grapevine's Main Street, listed on the National Register of Historic Places This article is about the U.S. Register. For the National Register of Historic Places in Canada see Canadian Register of Historic Places. The National Register of Historic Places , is only seven minutes from DFW International and 20 minutes from either downtown Dallas Downtown Dallas is the main business district in Dallas, Texas (USA), located in the geographic center of the city. The area officially termed "downtown" is bounded by the downtown freeway loop: bounded on the east by I-345 (although known and signed as the northern terminus of or Fort Worth. GAYLORD TEXAN RESORT AND CONVENTION CENTER ON LAKE GRAPEVINE The Lone Star Lone Star (or Lonestar) may refer to:
The 1,511-room Gaylord Opryland Texas is designed to accommodate a wide variety of meetings and trade shows with a 180,000-square-foot exhibit hall and 17 dedicated docking bays. Ballrooms measure 50,000 and 32,200 square feet, and 26 breakout rooms between the two ballrooms are part of what comprises more than 400,000 square feet of meeting, convention, and prefunction space. Overall, there are 70 breakout rooms throughout the resort. The larger, Texas Ballroom offers a 40' X 100' stage with built-in lighting and sound, creating quick and easy sets for a variety of events. Fiber optic cable Noun 1. fiber optic cable - a cable made of optical fibers that can transmit large amounts of information at the speed of light fibre optic cable transmission line, cable, line - a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power runs throughout the resort, and category five and three with a flexible DS3 pipe for backbone bandwidth supports requests for T1, ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. , and T3 communication. Celebrating the proud heritage of the Lone Star State, the Gaylord features three colorful areas--the Riverwalk, Hill County, and Lone Star. Each area showcases its own distinct regional themes and meeting facilities. A two-acre outdoor special events lawn offers additional event options. To ensure that dining at the resort is a truly memorable experience, Gaylord has retained Texas's most celebrated chef, Stephan Pyles Stephan Pyles is one of the founding fathers of Southwestern Cuisine, after more than 25 years in Dallas’ restaurant circuit, and was the creator of New Texas Cuisine. , to design Ama Lur Ama Lur means Mother Earth in the Basque language. It is not clear whether it is a modern creation, based on some genuine legends, or an actual ancient belief. If it is ancient, it would probably be an alternative denomination for Mari. , a "nuevo Latino" cuisine restaurant located in the Hill Country Atrium. Enjoying a national reputation as creator of New Texas Cuisine, Pyles's new creation features a blend of Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin American flavors. The Gaylord features five restaurants, six lounges, and the 1,000-seat Glass Cactus entertainment complex overlooking Lake Grapevine. Gaylord's guest rooms are graciously appointed, reflecting the regional heritage of Texas. The guest room inventory includes 141 suites, and all rooms offer high-speed Internet access, voicemail, and two telephones. Another feature of the world-class resort is a full-service, 25,000-square-foot spa with 12 treatment rooms, a salon, and a fitness center. An indoor lap pool and large outdoor pool are part of the fitness complex. The spectacular hotel also features a retail street with numerous upscale shops. The great outdoors are truly special at the Gaylord Texan resort with outdoor jogging and walking trails, a wine vineyard, wildflower wildflower Any flowering plant that grows without intentional human aid. Wildflowers are the source of all cultivated garden varieties of flowers. A wildflower growing where it is unwanted is considered a weed. lawn, and horse-drawn carriages for romantic evenings. Adjacent to the resort are 18-holes of championship-caliber golf at the Cowboys Golf Club. Boating, sailing, fishing, and other water sports water sports Urophilia, see there are available to guests on Lake Grapevine as well. |
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