{"id":54530,"date":"2025-07-10T16:18:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T16:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/54530\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T16:18:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T16:18:08","slug":"hotel-drover-named-best-hotel-in-dallas-fort-worth-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/54530\/","title":{"rendered":"Hotel Drover Named Best Hotel in Dallas\u2013Fort Worth 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Travel + Leisure\u2019s count, there\u2019s no better place to hang your hat in North Texas than Hotel Drover. For the second year in a row <\/a>\u2014 and third overall \u2014 the Fort Worth Stockyards standout has been named the No. 1 hotel in the Dallas\u2013Fort Worth area in\u00a0Travel + Leisure\u2019s 2025 World\u2019s Best Awards.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The recognition is hardly a surprise to anyone who\u2019s sipped a ranch water by the pool, wandered past the twinkle lights of the Backyard, or sunk into a saddle-leather chair beneath a ten-foot antler chandelier. But for General Manager Aaron Ide, the honor is deeply felt.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nestled along Marine Creek in the heart of the Stockyards, Hotel Drover is more than just a place to stay \u2014 it\u2019s a love letter to Texas heritage dressed up in reclaimed wood and high-thread-count linens. Part of Marriott\u2019s Autograph Collection, the hotel first opened its doors in 2021 and quickly became the city\u2019s crown jewel of hospitality. Think: custom boot shines, clawfoot tubs, and a lobby that looks like Lonesome Dove collided with a luxury ranch catalog.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not just the ambiance that keeps guests coming back. The hotel offers front-row access to the twice-daily cattle drive down Exchange Avenue, a rotating schedule of live music, and proximity to everything from rodeos at Cowtown Coliseum to sipping bourbon under the stars. It\u2019s also just steps from the John Wayne Museum and some of the best brisket in the state. For visitors, it\u2019s the ultimate Fort Worth immersion. For locals? A staycation dream.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Voters in\u00a0Travel + Leisure\u2019s annual survey ranked hotels based on rooms, location, service, food, and value. With Hotel Drover topping the DFW list in 2022, 2024, and now 2025, it\u2019s safe to say the hotel has carved out a reputation that\u2019s anything but a passing trend. It\u2019s a place that captures Fort Worth\u2019s signature mix of grit, grace, and good taste \u2014 and turns it into something worth writing home about.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are incredibly honored to once again be named the No. 1 hotel in Dallas\u2013Fort Worth by\u00a0Travel + Leisure\u00a0readers,\u201d Ide said in a release. \u201cThis recognition is a reflection of our passionate team and the authentic Western experiences we strive to create. It\u2019s especially meaningful to receive this honor during the 30th anniversary of the World\u2019s Best Awards, and we are proud to represent the vibrant spirit of Fort Worth.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

For the full 2025 World\u2019s Best Awards list, visit travelandleisure.com\/worlds-best. But if you\u2019re already in Fort Worth, you might want to book a night, order a whiskey neat, and see for yourself what all the fuss is about.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Travel + Leisure\u2019s count, there\u2019s no better place to hang your hat in North Texas than Hotel…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":54531,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5138],"tags":[5229,12043,2105,7371,7372,9730,12034,40406,36461,358,7453,1164,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-54530","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-arts-and-culture","10":"tag-food-and-drink","11":"tag-fort-worth","12":"tag-fortworth","13":"tag-fwtx-staff","14":"tag-hospitality","15":"tag-hotel-drover","16":"tag-stockyards","17":"tag-texas","18":"tag-top-story","19":"tag-travel","20":"tag-tx","21":"tag-united-states","22":"tag-united-states-of-america","23":"tag-unitedstates","24":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","25":"tag-us","26":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}