Accommodations

This year, we’re making connections at the Gaylord Texan Resort, Grapevine, Texas, located between Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, and about 7 miles from the Dallas/Ft. Worth International Airport. Surrounded by rolling pastureland and overlooking beautiful Lake Grapevine, the magnificent Gaylord Texan pays tribute to everything Texas as only Texas can: on a grand scale.

As a guest of the resort, you’ll experience the best of the Lone Star State under signature glass atriums where you can dine, shop, socialize and be entertained among four-and-a-half acres of lush indoor gardens. Take a stroll around and soak in the festive atmosphere of Riverwalk Atrium, marvel at Palo Duro Canyon in the Lone Star Atrium or taste the contemporary Southwestern creations at Ama Lur in the Hill Country Atrium.

For rest and relaxation, enjoy the luxurious 25,000-square-foot, world-class spa and fitness center with indoor pool, 18-hole championship golf at the adjacent Cowboys Golf Club, grotto-style outdoor pool, and nightly live music. Bass fishing, water skiing and other water sports can be arranged through the nearby marina.

After retiring for the evening to your beautifully appointed room, you can unlock your safe to find your laptop and mobile phone fully recharged, relax with an in-room movie, plug into high-speed Internet, or check messages and make calls using a standard or cordless phone. You’ll find all the comforts of home and then some.

We've reserved rooms for Itron Users' Conference attendees at $199 plus tax per night. Your hotel rate includes the resort fee that includes the following:

Complimentary local phone calls (up to 20 minutes daily)
Toll-free and credit card calls (up to 20 minutes daily)
Bottled water (2 per day)
Daily newspaper
Access to resort’s state-of-the-art Fitness Center
High speed internet access in each guestroom
Transportation to Grapevine-area attractions

Make your hotel reservations directly with the Gaylord Texan Resort by registering on-line and enter the password: C-ITR08 or you can call 866.782.7897. Be sure to mention you are with the Itron Users' Conference to receive this special conference rate. Reservations are guaranteed at the conference rate until September 12, 2008. After that date, the rooms will be available at the Gaylord Texan Resort market rate. We highly recommend that you book your lodging as soon as possible as these rooms sell out quickly.

Want to know what’s beyond the resort? Dallas' new slogan "Live Large. Think Big." describes the essence and vitality of a city built on big dreams, freshly blazed trails and an attitude that all things are possible. This richly diverse city offers a thriving culinary scene, leading arts district, countless luxury accommodations, professional sports, trendy entertainment districts and endless shopping opportunities.

In Fort Worth, you'll find evidence of a legendary past everywhere you go - downtown's Sundance Square, the Cultural District, and especially the Fort Worth Stockyards are a few of the many places to visit. From a daily cattle drive to the annual Fort Worth Stock Show, no other city offers so many ways to relive this glorious Western heritage. That's why Fort Worth is known as the city "Where the West Begins."