September and October in Dallas aren’t complete without Big Tex, corny dogs, and fair rides. Conveniently located in downtown Dallas right across the street from the DART train’s Pearl/Arts District station, guests can stay the night at the Sheraton Dallas, leave their car at the hotel and take the train straight to an entrance of the State Fair of Texas.

Make the most of your State Fair of Texas experience by staying the night at the Sheraton Dallas and booking the hotel’s State Fair of Texas package, which includes:

• Breakfast for two each night of stay

• 20% food and beverage discount at Open Palette and Draft Sports Bar & Lounge when you show your State Fair of Texas ticket to your server

• A life-size Big Tex located in the hotel's lobby for guests to take photos with and share on social media

The package can be booked online with the promo S4B, and is available during the dates the fair is open between September 24th and October 17th. 

Did you know the State Fair of Texas is the longest running fair in the nation? Come celebrate the tradition and all things Texas at Sheraton Dallas. 

Sheraton Dallas Hotel is the largest hotel in North Texas with 1,840 guest rooms and 230,000 square feet of flexible meeting and convention spaces. The hotel features a pool and one of the largest hotel fitness centers in the Dallas/Fort Worth area with state-of-the-art fitness equipment, such as Peloton bikes, versatile strength training and cardio machines, and free weights. 

Open Palette, the hotel’s signature restaurant and bar, offers modern American cuisine with a bold spin on flavors. Guests can also pick up fresh bites to-go at Open Mkt. Grab ‘n Go including salads, pizza, house-made baked goods, and local snacks as well as coffee, wine and beer, sodas and other drinks, to fuel up before a long day at the fair or exploring Dallas. Draft Sports Bar and Lounge is the hotel’s sports bar and features 25 flat-screen TVs and local beer on draft. 

Fairmont Dallas, the iconic hotel located in the heart of the Dallas Arts District, welcomes you to EMBER, its new pop-up bar featuring art and a new food and beverage menu by Executive Sous Chef Katie Symons.

Draped in warm tones and soft lighting, EMBER aims to invoke a spark in guests to indulge in this intimate setting, located at Ross and Akard Streets in the Fairmont Artist-in-Residence space. Guests will enjoy works of art created by Executive Sous Chef Katie Symons, inspired by the urban landscape of Dallas that surrounds EMBER and its glass façade. Sous Chef Katie is a lifelong artist whose passion grew during the past eighteen months, sharing her work and learning from others on online communities before depicting scenes of Dallas on the larger-than-life canvases in EMBER. 

A special food and beverage menu has been developed by Executive Chef Jean-Francois Fortin and Sous Chef Katie, including the following seared, smoked, and savory items:

• French Onion Brulée Burger

• Grilled Shrimp Glass Noodle Bowl

• Toasted S’more Martini

• Fairmont Dallas signature Smoked Old Fashioned

• Cocktails and other libations created in partnership with Tupps Brewery, Texas Ale Project, and Woodford Reserve Bourbon

Getting ready for a date night in the town? Tune into the EMBER Spotify playlist here and enjoy smoky sips and snacks once you arrive. 

The JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa wants to remind those looking for a holiday getaway that the Santa in September sale is available to book through September 12 for holiday stays between November 21 and December 30, 2021. 

The Santa in September sale features rates of $149 per night for a standard room and $169 per night for a signature view with full balcony per night. Rates for four-night stays or more are $129 per night, per room. Guests may book using the rate code XCX on the resort’s website at www.jwsanantonio.com, and reservations may also be made by calling 210.276.2500. Rates are per room, per night; taxes and resort fees are additional. Stays can be booked for any day of the week; some blackout dates will apply. 

Travelers looking for a remote getaway to enjoy the holiday season will be surrounded by lavish holiday décor, thousands of twinkling lights, holiday music and more. In addition to the ornate decorations the resort is known for, guests who visit during the holiday season will experience the magic of Light Up The Night, a nightly light show set to music; JW Elves roaming the resort offering treats to young guests; the polar plunge in one of the resort’s swimming pools; seasonal holiday food and beverage offerings; and holiday-themed experiences tailored for all ages. Festive reindeer and penguin animatronics will sing holiday tunes and interact with guests, alongside visits from live reindeer.

JW Marriott San Antonio is an environment of casual elegance perfect for adults who want to relax and children who need to stay busy. Sunny skies, 600 acres of rolling oak-covered hills, nine acres of refreshing water park fun, and an abundance of resort activities will keep guests entertained. 

Each year, the resort offers their valued guests a way to celebrate the season with crave-worthy holiday menu items and activities for adults traveling alone, friends celebrating a weekend away, and families with children. Travelers also have the opportunity to sneak away to the on-site Lantana Spa for a pampering spa treatment and the spa’s private pool and fitness center, or sharpen their golf game while getting some exercise outdoors on one of the TPC San Antonio’s two 18-hole PGA TOUR courses. 

Boasting an average of 300 days of sunshine a year, the temperate San Antonio weather and the resort’s heated pools will make travelers’ holidays merry and bright amid wide open outdoor spaces at JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa. 

Guests will be amazed by the views from their balconies of the expansive Hill Country terrain  paired with a 30-foot tall Christmas tree and joyous nightly light show on the resort’s back lawn. Luxury amenities, plush bedding and welcoming warmth will provide the perfect escape for guests of all ages. 

Santa Claus is taking a break from his work at the North Pole this Labor Day to share a special gift with travelers looking for a destination to retreat this holiday season. The lowest rates of the year at JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa will be available September 3 through September 12 for guests to book their upcoming holiday stays between November 21 and December 30, 2021. Holiday room rates will be reduced 55-65% from regular high-season room rates. Stays can be booked for any day of the week; some blackout dates will apply. 

The Santa in September sale will feature rates of $149 per night for a standard room and $169 per night for a signature view with full balcony per night. Rates for four-night stays or more are $129 per night, per room. Guests may book using the rate code XCX on the resort’s website at www.jwsanantonio.com, and reservations may also be made by calling 210.276.2500. Rates are per room, per night; taxes and resort fees are additional. 

Travelers looking for a remote getaway to enjoy the holiday season will be surrounded by lavish holiday décor, thousands of twinkling lights, holiday music and more. In addition to the ornate decorations the resort is known for, guests who visit during the holiday season will experience the magic of Light Up The Night, a nightly light show set to music; JW Elves roaming the resort offering treats to young guests; the polar plunge in one of the resort’s swimming pools; seasonal holiday food and beverage offerings; and holiday-themed experiences tailored for all ages. Festive reindeer and penguin animatronics will sing holiday tunes and interact with guests, alongside visits from live reindeer.

“The resort is a magical destination for guests of all ages during the holiday season,” said Doug Ridge, General Manager, JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa. “We are thrilled to welcome new and returning guests with our lowest rates of the season to make memories, traditions, and celebrate the season with friends and family in their temporary home for the holidays.”

JW Marriott San Antonio is an environment of casual elegance perfect for adults who want to relax and children who need to stay busy. Sunny skies, 600 acres of rolling oak-covered hills, nine acres of refreshing water park fun, and an abundance of resort activities will keep guests entertained. 

Each year, the resort offers their valued guests a way to celebrate the season with crave-worthy holiday menu items and activities for adults traveling alone, friends celebrating a weekend away, and families with children. Travelers also have the opportunity to sneak away to the on-site Lantana Spa for a pampering spa treatment and the spa’s private pool and fitness center, or sharpen their golf game while getting some exercise outdoors on one of the TPC San Antonio’s two 18-hole PGA TOUR courses. 

Boasting an average of 300 days of sunshine a year, the temperate San Antonio weather and the resort’s heated pools will make travelers’ holidays merry and bright amid wide open outdoor spaces at JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa. 

Guests will be amazed by the views from their balconies of the expansive Hill Country terrain  paired with a 30-foot tall Christmas tree and joyous nightly light show on the resort’s back lawn. Luxury amenities, plush bedding and welcoming warmth will provide the perfect escape for guests of all ages. 

BioLabs at Pegasus Park, a 37,000 square foot flexible life science co-working facility, announces facilities renovation is on schedule and they anticipate a mid-December opening. Strategically located in the heart of the rapidly expanding Innovation District between the Dallas Design Center and the Southwestern Medical District, the Biotech+ Hub at Pegasus Park positions Dallas as the next major hub for biotech and healthcare innovation. 

BioLabs is based in Cambridge, MA, and is a membership-based network of shared laboratory facilities. Offering shared and private laboratory, training and office spaces for early stage scientific ventures, the space will enable biotech innovators to pursue scientific breakthroughs. BioLabs at Pegasus Park can accommodate 35 startups and represents the company’s first location in the central United States. The facility will be equipped with a broad array of premium scientific equipment and will offer additional services and amenities for resident companies.

Heralded for their partnerships with leading biotech, pharmaceutical and analytical instrumentation companies, BioLabs secured a significant amount of equipment for their existing interim space from generous sponsors: DeNovix, Eppendorf, PHCbi, Promega, and Thermo Fisher Scientific. The 80+ units of equipment include freezers, thermocyclers, centrifuges, qPCR, plate readers, cell counters, spectrophotometers, pipettes and more. 

“We are thankful for all the support to secure the equipment and services needed for the companies and entrepreneurs within our new facilities at Pegasus Park in Dallas,” said Adam Milne, Chief Operations Officer of BioLabs. “Our flexible and state-of-the-art lab space will offer startups access and opportunity to connect with capital, partnerships and technical assistance to accelerate the pace of their work. We look forward to collaborating with the region’s life science and health innovators to help further the advancement in science in North Texas.” 

The 23-acre, mixed-use Pegasus Park office campus is designed to bolster local biotech, social impact and corporate innovation. The Biotech+ Hub at Pegasus Park offers local entrepreneurs, scientists and researchers a site in North Texas to develop new ventures within the biotech space. BioLabs is the key operator of the biotech laboratory and co-working facility within the Biotech+ Hub.

BioLabs is now accepting applications for available space at Pegasus Park. Applications can be submitted through BioLabs’ website, and inquiries can be sent to biolabsntx@biolabs.io. 

For more information about Pegasus Park, visit www.pegasuspark.com or call 214-351-6300.