Hosting a Conference or Event in Texas

This ranking of conference hotels in Texas spotlights properties bookable through Engine with significant meeting and event capability, led by the Marriott Marquis Houston in Houston, where the largest event space runs about 40,000 square feet and accommodates up to 4,800 people across 61 event spaces and 1000 guest rooms. The list serves event planners, travel managers, and attendees booking their own rooms anywhere in the state. Engine connects you to these hotels, helps you find and request meeting space through Engine Spaces, and handles guest-room blocks of 9 or more rooms through Engine Groups.

Texas draws conferences and corporate events year-round, from energy and healthcare gatherings to technology summits and trade shows, and the hotels on this list are spread across the state's largest cities. These properties serve organizations of every size and industry, with event spaces ranging from intimate boardrooms to ballrooms that accommodate thousands. You can search, compare, and book guest rooms at these hotels on Engine; for a stay of nine or more rooms, Engine Groups handles the room-block booking, and for eight or fewer you book self-serve. To find and request meeting and event space, Engine Spaces connects you to venues across Texas, so you can source both the guest rooms and the event space through Engine.

Showing 50 properties (sorted by distance)

Marriott Marquis Houston

4-star hotel 4.3 Excellent (1338)

Marriott Marquis Houston offers 1000 guest rooms and 61 event spaces, including the 39716-square-foot Texas Ballroom that hosts up to 4800 people.

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Hilton Anatole

5-star hotel 4.3 Excellent (1982)

With 68 event spaces spanning up to 73000 square feet in the Trinity Exhibit Hall, Hilton Anatole accommodates gatherings of up to 5250 attendees alongside 1606 guest rooms.

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Hilton Austin

4-star hotel 4.2 Great (1069)

Hilton Austin features 75 event spaces and 801 guest rooms, with the Austin Grand Ballroom providing 25545 square feet for groups of up to 3410 attendees.

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Sheraton Dallas Hotel

4-star hotel 4.2 Great (1118)

Sheraton Dallas Hotel delivers 65 meeting spaces and 1841 guest rooms, anchored by the 40800-square-foot Lone Star Ballroom that hosts up to 3530 people.

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Hilton Americas-Houston

4-star hotel 4.6 Excellent (2302)

Houston's Hilton Americas features 71 event spaces and 1207 guest rooms, with the 39093-square-foot Grand Ballroom accommodating up to 3900 attendees.

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Loews Arlington

4-star hotel 4.8 Excellent (2567)

Loews Arlington provides 55 event spaces across 888 guest rooms, headlined by the impressive 51224-square-foot Crystal Ballroom that hosts up to 5692 people.

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Hyatt Regency Dallas

4-star hotel 4.4 Excellent (2114)

Hyatt Regency Dallas features 61 event spaces and 1120 guest rooms, with Marsalis Hall providing 39000 square feet for groups of up to 4000 attendees.

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Horseshoe Bay Resort

4-star hotel 4.4 Excellent (968)

Horseshoe Bay Resort delivers 41 event spaces and 348 guest rooms, featuring the unique 12740-square-foot Resort Jet Center Hangar 2 for gatherings up to 2600 attendees.

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Renaissance Dallas Addison Hotel

4-star hotel 4.0 Great (1558)

Renaissance Dallas Addison Hotel provides 39 event spaces and 528 guest rooms in Addison, with the 25520-square-foot Crystal Ballroom hosting up to 3000 people.

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JW Marriott Austin

4-star hotel 4.6 Excellent (1010)

JW Marriott Austin combines 51 event spaces with 1012 guest rooms, featuring the 30183-square-foot JW Grand Ballroom that hosts up to 3550 attendees.

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The Westin Oaks Houston at the Galleria

4-star hotel 4.5 Excellent (1129)

Near Houston's Galleria, The Westin Oaks provides 39 event spaces and 406 guest rooms, with the 26034-square-foot Woodway Hall accommodating up to 1770 people.

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The Westin Galleria Houston

4-star hotel 4.6 Excellent (1002)

The Westin Galleria Houston offers 40 event spaces and 875 guest rooms, anchored by the 26034-square-foot Woodway Hall hosting up to 1770 attendees.

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Hyatt Regency Houston Downtown

4-star hotel 4.5 Excellent (2368)

Hyatt Regency Houston Downtown delivers 42 event spaces and 955 guest rooms, featuring a 28000-square-foot Exhibit Hall that hosts up to 2800 people.

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The Stella Hotel, Autograph Collection

4-star hotel 4.8 Excellent (1000)

The Stella Hotel in Bryan offers 8 event spaces and 176 guest rooms, featuring the expansive 100000-square-foot Back Yard for gatherings up to 500 people.

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Renaissance Austin Arboretum Domain Hotel

4-star hotel 4.4 Excellent (1000)

Renaissance Austin Arboretum Domain Hotel provides 25 event spaces and 492 guest rooms, with the 30000-square-foot Rio Grande Exhibit Hall hosting up to 1700 people.

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Signia by Hilton La Cantera Resort & Spa

4-star hotel 4.5 Excellent (1046)

Signia by Hilton La Cantera Resort in San Antonio features 26 event spaces and 496 guest rooms, with Plaza San Saba providing 31416 square feet for groups up to 1500.

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Courtyard by Marriott Dallas Carrollton

3-star hotel 4.6 Excellent (1008)

Courtyard by Marriott Dallas Carrollton delivers 24 event spaces and 145 guest rooms, featuring the 10000-square-foot Carrollton Grand Ballroom for groups up to 896.

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Flying L Ranch Resort

3-star hotel 4.4 Excellent (406)

Flying L Ranch Resort in Bandera offers 4 event spaces and 44 guest rooms, highlighted by the distinctive 87120-square-foot Ghost Town venue.

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Austin Marriott Downtown

4-star hotel 4.6 Excellent (1018)

Austin Marriott Downtown combines 29 event spaces with 613 guest rooms, featuring the 18000-square-foot Moontower Hall that accommodates up to 1250 people.

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Odessa Marriott Hotel & Conference Center

4-star hotel 4.6 Excellent (531)

Odessa Marriott provides 24 event spaces and 215 guest rooms, anchored by an 18000-square-foot Grand Ballroom that accommodates up to 2000 people.

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Hilton Palacio Del Rio

4-star hotel 4.3 Excellent (2010)

Hilton Palacio Del Rio in San Antonio offers 51 event spaces and 485 guest rooms, with its largest room hosting up to 1425 attendees across 7521 square feet.

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Hampton Inn & Suites Dallas-Mesquite

2-star hotel 4.3 Excellent (1018)

Hampton Inn & Suites Dallas-Mesquite provides 12 event spaces and 160 guest rooms, featuring the 18000-square-foot Grand Texan Ballroom that hosts up to 2000 people.

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Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa Austin

5-star hotel 4.7 Excellent (1007)

Omni Barton Creek Resort in Austin features 28 event spaces and 493 guest rooms, with the 14532-square-foot Brazos Ballroom accommodating up to 1435 attendees.

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Fairmont Dallas

4-star hotel 4.3 Excellent (2848)

Fairmont Dallas combines 31 event spaces with 545 guest rooms, featuring the 16624-square-foot Regency Ballroom that accommodates up to 2000 attendees.

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Hyatt Regency Austin

5-star hotel 4.3 Excellent (1088)

Hyatt Regency Austin features 31 event spaces and 448 guest rooms, with the 14296-square-foot Zilker Ballroom hosting up to 2300 people.

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The Bevy Hotel Boerne, a DoubleTree by Hilton

4-star hotel 4.7 Excellent (875)

The Bevy Hotel in Boerne offers 11 event spaces and 120 guest rooms, featuring the unique 43560-square-foot Menger Creekside Nature Area for up to 518 attendees.

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Dallas/Fort Worth Airport Marriott

4-star hotel 4.3 Excellent (1015)

Dallas/Fort Worth Airport Marriott in Irving delivers 41 event spaces and 491 guest rooms, with the Grand Ballroom hosting up to 840 people.

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Houston Marriott Sugar Land

4-star hotel 4.4 Excellent (1005)

Houston Marriott Sugar Land provides 23 event spaces and 300 guest rooms, with the 15488-square-foot Sugar Land Ballroom accommodating up to 1400 attendees.

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MCM Grande Hotel FunDome Odessa

3-star hotel 4.3 Excellent (1670)

MCM Grande Hotel FunDome Odessa offers 4 event spaces and 245 guest rooms, with its largest space spanning 19905 square feet for groups up to 1910.

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The Westin Dallas Fort Worth Airport

4-star hotel 4.4 Excellent (1016)

Near DFW Airport, The Westin features 41 event spaces and 506 guest rooms, with the 10541-square-foot Trinity Ballroom hosting up to 1200 people.

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Dallas Marriott Downtown

4-star hotel 4.4 Excellent (1001)

Dallas Marriott Downtown provides 24 event spaces and 416 guest rooms, with the 8636-square-foot Plaza Ballroom hosting up to 600 people.

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Same order as the list above: ranked by a hotel's total event space across all its meeting rooms. The largest single room is shown here, so that column can run out of order. Space figures come from each hotel's meeting-space records. A dash means the hotel's data doesn't list that detail, not that it's unavailable.

# Hotel CityLargest event spaceMax occupancyEvent spacesGuest roomsGuest rating
1 Marriott Marquis Houston Houston 39,716 sq ft 4,800 61 1,000 4.3 (1,338)
2 Hilton Anatole Dallas 73,000 sq ft 5,250 68 1,606 4.3 (1,982)
3 Hilton Austin Austin 25,545 sq ft 3,410 75 801 4.2 (1,069)
4 Sheraton Dallas Hotel Dallas 40,800 sq ft 3,530 65 1,841 4.2 (1,118)
5 Hilton Americas-Houston Houston 39,093 sq ft 3,900 71 1,207 4.6 (2,302)
6 Loews Arlington Arlington 51,224 sq ft 5,692 55 888 4.8 (2,567)
7 Embassy Suites by Hilton Dallas Frisco Hotel & Convention Center Frisco 42,154 sq ft 4,200 47 330 4.3 (1,044)
8 San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter on the River Walk San Antonio 41,600 sq ft 6,400 66 1,000 4.5 (1,023)
9 Hyatt Regency Dallas Dallas 39,000 sq ft 4,000 61 1,120 4.4 (2,114)
10 Hyatt Regency DFW International Airport - Adjacent to Terminal C Dallas 21,120 sq ft 2,800 57 811 4.2 (2,746)
11 Horseshoe Bay Resort Horseshoe Bay 12,740 sq ft 2,600 41 348 4.4 (968)
12 Renaissance Dallas Addison Hotel Addison 25,520 sq ft 3,000 39 528 4.0 (1,558)
13 JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa San Antonio 40,500 sq ft 4,000 29 1,002 4.5 (1,004)
14 Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort and Villas San Antonio 20,200 sq ft 3,000 52 500 4.4 (1,003)
15 JW Marriott Austin Austin 30,183 sq ft 3,550 51 1,012 4.6 (1,010)
16 The Westin Oaks Houston at the Galleria Houston 26,034 sq ft 1,770 39 406 4.5 (1,129)
17 The Westin Galleria Houston Houston 26,034 sq ft 1,770 40 875 4.6 (1,002)
18 Hyatt Regency Houston Downtown Houston 28,000 sq ft 2,800 42 955 4.5 (2,368)
19 The Stella Hotel, Autograph Collection Bryan 100,000 sq ft 500 8 176 4.8 (1,000)
20 The Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel & Convention Center The Woodlands 37,180 sq ft 4,500 31 345 4.7 (1,011)
21 Renaissance Austin Arboretum Domain Hotel Austin 30,000 sq ft 1,700 25 492 4.4 (1,000)
22 Renaissance Dallas at Plano Legacy West Hotel Plano 14,983 sq ft 1,584 28 304 4.7 (781)
23 Signia by Hilton La Cantera Resort & Spa San Antonio 31,416 sq ft 1,500 26 496 4.5 (1,046)
24 Delta Hotels by Marriott Wichita Falls Convention Center Wichita Falls 14,775 sq ft 1,640 25 200 4.8 (763)
25 Wyndham Houston at Reliant Park & Medical Center Houston 18,000 sq ft 2,500 22 652 3.2 (1,585)
26 Courtyard by Marriott Dallas Carrollton Carrollton 10,000 sq ft 896 24 145 4.6 (1,008)
27 Flying L Ranch Resort Bandera 87,120 sq ft 150 4 44 4.4 (406)
28 Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center Grapevine 14,400 sq ft 1,200 45 393 4.7 (1,093)
29 Austin Marriott Downtown Austin 18,000 sq ft 1,250 29 613 4.6 (1,018)
30 The Westin Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas Irving 10,000 sq ft 1,450 30 350 4.6 (609)
31 Odessa Marriott Hotel & Conference Center Odessa 18,000 sq ft 2,000 24 215 4.6 (531)
32 Hilton College Station & Conference Center College Station 11,360 sq ft 1,500 28 303 3.9 (1,004)
33 Embassy Suites by Hilton Dallas DFW Airport North Grapevine 9,440 sq ft 950 32 329 4.2 (1,487)
34 Hilton Palacio Del Rio San Antonio 7,521 sq ft 1,425 51 485 4.3 (2,010)
35 Hampton Inn & Suites Dallas-Mesquite Mesquite 18,000 sq ft 2,000 12 160 4.3 (1,018)
36 Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa Austin Austin 14,532 sq ft 1,435 28 493 4.7 (1,007)
37 Embassy Suites by Hilton San Marcos Hotel Conference Center San Marcos 28,800 sq ft 3,000 19 283 4.4 (1,279)
38 Fairmont Dallas Dallas 16,624 sq ft 2,000 31 545 4.3 (2,848)
39 The Worthington Renaissance Fort Worth Hotel Fort Worth 12,000 sq ft 1,110 30 504 4.5 (1,004)
40 Hyatt Regency Austin Austin 14,296 sq ft 2,300 31 448 4.3 (1,088)
41 The Bevy Hotel Boerne, a DoubleTree by Hilton Boerne 43,560 sq ft 518 11 120 4.7 (875)
42 Dallas/Fort Worth Airport Marriott Irving 8,832 sq ft 840 41 491 4.3 (1,015)
43 Houston Marriott Sugar Land Sugar Land 15,488 sq ft 1,400 23 300 4.4 (1,005)
44 MCM Grande Hotel FunDome Odessa Odessa 19,905 sq ft 1,910 4 245 4.3 (1,670)
45 The Westin Dallas Fort Worth Airport Irving 10,541 sq ft 1,200 41 506 4.4 (1,016)
46 Hilton Garden Inn Dallas at Hurst Conference Center Hurst 14,161 sq ft 1,200 15 140 4.5 (930)
47 Courtyard by Marriott Dallas Allen at Allen Event Center Allen 9,700 sq ft 1,000 26 228 4.5 (1,002)
48 InterContinental San Antonio Riverwalk by IHG San Antonio 12,800 sq ft 1,200 23 410 4.6 (749)
49 Dallas Marriott Downtown Dallas 8,636 sq ft 600 24 416 4.4 (1,001)
50 Embassy Suites by Hilton San Antonio Brooks Hotel & Spa San Antonio 8,201 sq ft 910 24 156 4.7 (1,004)

Frequently asked questions

How do I book a block of guest rooms for conference attendees in Texas?
If you need nine or more guest rooms, Engine Groups handles the room-block booking for you. For eight rooms or fewer, you can search, compare, and book self-serve on Engine. Both options give you access to pre-negotiated rates and consolidated invoicing with no membership fee.
What amenities can conference travelers expect at these hotels?
Most large meeting hotels offer parking, wifi, and on-site dining, though specifics vary by property. Amenities like AV equipment, catering, and breakfast options differ, so it's worth confirming directly with the hotel. The hotels on this list all have substantial guest-room counts to support group stays.
What makes a hotel a good fit for a large meeting or corporate event?
Look for a property with ample meeting space, a high guest-room count, and on-site facilities that support your attendees. For example, the Hilton Anatole in Dallas has a largest event space of about 73,000 square feet (up to 5,250 people) and 1606 guest rooms, while the Marriott Marquis Houston offers a largest space of about 40,000 square feet (up to 4,800 people) and 1000 rooms. Having everything under one roof simplifies logistics.
Can Engine help with both the guest rooms and the event space for my conference?
Yes. For guest rooms, Engine Groups handles room blocks of nine or more, and you can book eight or fewer self-serve. For the meeting or event space itself, you can find and request venues through Engine Spaces, which connects you to a wide range of properties. Engine helps you source both pieces, making it easier to coordinate your event.
How far in advance should I book hotel rooms when planning a conference?
For a large event, booking six to twelve months ahead is a good rule of thumb, especially if you need a sizable room block or specific meeting space. Popular dates and properties fill early, so starting your search well in advance gives you more options. Engine lets you compare availability and rates across Texas so you can move quickly once you know your dates.