Located just minutes north of downtown Dallas, this city of 260,000 is home to 15 Fortune 500 companies, including several high-tech giants. Plano has more than 4,100 hotel and motel rooms and can accommodate a room block of up to 2,000. With more than 700 restaurants, Plano is able to address everyone’s tastes and budgets.

The Plano Centre is located near a variety of hotels, restaurants, shopping malls and the historic downtown Plano. The Plano Centre offers 86,400 square feet of meeting space; 17 breakout rooms; state-of-the-art audiovisual equipment; free Internet service; a full-service business center; free parking; a beautifully landscaped garden terrace; and on-site, full-service catering. The Marriott at Legacy Town Center has an additional 32,000 square feet of meeting space designed to accommodate groups of up to 1,600. Also, the Southfork Hotel offers an additional 16,000 square feet of meeting space and the nearby Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Plano East has 7,200 square feet of meeting space.

Plano is serviced by Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, home base for American Airlines and a hub of Delta Airlines, and by Love Field, home of Southwest Airlines. These two airports provide Plano with more than 2,000 flights a day. Plano is easily accessed by a well-planned highway system, as well as by commuter rail. There are several transportation companies that will assist you with your ground transportation.

Plano is home to the Plano Symphony Orchestra, Plano Civic Chorus and a repertory theater. Plano also offers a number of attractive museums, in addition to the nearby Southfork Ranch, home of the world-famous Ewings of the “Dallas” television series. In addition, it is also home to one of the largest balloon festivals in Texas every September, attracting more than 75,000 visitors. Just a short drive away you can find five professional sports teams that call the Dallas area home: The Dallas Cowboys, Dallas Mavericks, Dallas Stars, Texas Rangers and Dallas Sidekicks. There are a variety of unique attractions in the area, including The Sixth Floor Museum, historic downtown McKinney, West End Market Place,the Galleria, Dallas Museum of Art, Six Flags amusement park, Lone Star Park and much more.

Complimentary services provided by Plano include: full-service convention & visitors bureau; meeting planners guide and registration assistance; name badges; meeting planner videos; guest itineraries; and special events.

For more information on the area, visit the Web site at www.planocvb.com.