Get ready for 2017 with the latest ideas in travel, food trucks, and more in and around Dallas and Fort Worth.
In spring 2016, the team behind the burger-centric Easy Slider food truck and the Open Road Shaved Ice dessert truck launched Bar Cart Texas, a 1961 travel trailer that’s been converted into a mobile bar. The bar is available for private events, and the menu can be customized to serve specific wine, beer, champagne, and bespoke cocktails. Event planners have used the truck as a check-in table to offer guests the chance to start imbibing as soon as they arrive.
iCARS connects travelers and corporate clients to licensed, screened executive car service operators and chauffeurs. Originally launched in San Francisco, the service expanded into Dallas in July. Through iCARS, meeting planners, hotel concierges, and travel managers can book rides on behalf of other travelers and manage ground transportation itineraries.
In October, the Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau appointed its first "chief experience officer." The new position spearheads a department dedicated to enhancing and optimizing the visitor experience for both individuals and groups. The C.X.O. and her team will work with meeting planners to create memorable guest experiences, including out-of-the-box venues, innovative signage, engaging entertainment, and more.
