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November / December 2006 Article

The Palomar Difference.
Offering pet beds, dishes, treats, and a walking service (or a goldfish roommate) from day one distinguishes the Hotel Palomar from many luxury lodging choices. To include among its publicity photos a picture of an elegantly decorated room complete with blue jeans thrown onto the couch and shoes scattered on the floor tells you this place has a sense of itself. After all rooms are to be lived in.  And live in them you can with choices that include sunken tubs, extra long beds, pilates and yoga tapes with mats, high-speed wired and Wi-Fi connections, and 32 inch flat screen TVs.  All done in warm earth tones with a splash of brighter color here and there for an “Art in Motion” effect.

A destination in and of itself, Hotel Palomar, a Kimpton Hotel, positions itself as the city’s first and only luxury urban resort.  It is located in the Park Cities neighborhood near downtown Dallas.  Health, Fun, Earth, and Discovery are the focus its four Signature Meetings packages with elements ranging from massages to plantable paper, hula hoops to paint-by-number sets.

The Palomar Basics:

Rooms: 198 guestrooms and upscale Dallas suites in a nine-story structure
Restaurants: Central 214, featuring regional American cuisine, and the original Trader Vic's, the Polynesian hot spot and creator of famous libations like the Mai Tai, plus a chic lounge off the lobby.
Exhale Spa: 10,000 square foot space that provides the spa, yoga, Core Fusion® toning classes, fitness, pool and wellbeing services
24-hour services: room service, business center, and fitness facility
Pool: Infinity-edged pool with private casitas for dining, drinks or massage
Meeting space: 9,000 square feet of meeting space located on the second floor. Flexible room arrangements to host occasions for as few as 12 people in one of three meeting rooms, or as many as 1,000 for a reception in the ballroom, which can be divided into four separate spaces, the largest accommodating up to 200 seated guests. The meeting space is state of the art with all of the high tech bells and whistles, and with a good layout.
Location: Just five minutes north of Downtown Dallas. The drive time is about the same from DFW to Hotel Palomar as it would be from DFW to the Adolphus in downtown. Directly across the street from the hotel, within walking distance, is an area called Mockingbird Station which has restaurants like RockFish, a great Sushi place, ice cream place, Starbuck’s, retail shops including Ann Taylor Loft, Gap, Victoria’s Secret and some boutiques; and the Angelika movie theatre.