Guest Information
Ticket Information
Guests do not need tickets to attend Honors Day Convocation. Students may bring an unlimited number of guests.
Transportation
Air
American Airlines is offering discounted fare for travel to
and from Dallas-Fort Worth between April 19 and April 23 of this year for
persons attending SMU Honors Convocation. Call American Airlines' Meeting
Services Desk at (800)433-1790 and ask for promotional code A2148BF. Tell
the agent that your travel arrangements are for Honors at Southern Methodist
University.
Auto
Avis Rent-A-Car has also offered a discount. Please follow
this link for reservation.
Hotel
SMU has made accommodation arrangements with the following hotels:
AmeriSuites: located just minutes from the SMU campus, the Galleria Mall, and Dallas Love Field. We offer complimentary transportation within a five mile radius including the SMU campus. We are only a few minutes away from various restaurants and the Greenville Avenue Entertainment District. We have 128 suites including 31 Taking Care of Business Suites, and state of the art fitness center. We offer a complimentary bountiful breakfast buffet each morning for all guests. The AmeriSuites at Dallas Park Central is proud to offer a special rate of $85 for standard suites excluding applicable taxes. To make a reservation or for more information please contact the hotel at 972-458-1224 or visit our website at www.amerisuites.com.
Embassy Suites Love Field: located just minutes from the SMU campus, and Dallas Love Field. We offer complimentary airport shuttle service to Love Field. We are only a few minutes away from NorthPark Mall and Preston Center. We have 248 suites including 34 executive suites with garden baths, an indoor swimming pool and state of the art fitness center. We offer a complimentary full cooked-to-order breakfast each morning and the manager's cocktail reception each evening for all guests. The Embassy Suites Dallas Love Field is proud to offer a special rate of $115 for standard suites excluding applicable taxes. To make a reservation or for more information please contact the hotel at 214-357-4500 or visit our website at www.dallaslovefield.embassysuites.com.
Holiday Inn Select Dallas Love Field: Located across from the entrance from Love Field Airport and 3 miles from the SMU Campus. We offer complimentary transportation within a 5 mile radius including SMU, restaurants, shops and entertainment venues. We have 244 over sized guestrooms, fitness facility, outdoor pool, business center and gift shop. Come join us in The Sporting News Grill which is a sports restaurant and bar that features four 52” and eight 42” flat screens with an extensive beer selection and menu that has a variety of scrumptious selections for breakfast, lunch and dinner. In our lobby you will find the convenience of Southwest Airlines arrival/departure monitors and boarding pass printer. The Holiday Inn Select Dallas Love Field is proud to offer a $99.00 SMU rate (subject to availability) for standard rooms. This rate includes a made to order breakfast in The Sporting News Grill. To make reservations please contact the hotel directly at 214-357-8500 and ask for the SMU rate. For additional information please visit us at www.hiselect.com/lovefield-hisl.
Hotel Palomar: located two blocks from SMU and six miles from Dallas Love Field. Stylish sophistication and artistic expression converge at Hotel Palomar Dallas, a Kimpton Hotel and the city's first and only true urban resort. The property showcases 198 exclusively designed guestrooms and suites, a chef-driven regional American food and cocktails concept, Central 214, the original Polynesian hot spot, Trader Vic's and Dallas' first highly acclaimed transformation mind and body destination spa, Exhale. We offer complimentary wireless and wired high speed Internet access, flat screen TV's, Frette luxury linens, minibars and bathrobes. To make reservations, please contact the hotel at 214-520-7969 and ask for the SMU Graduation code to receive 10% off the best available rate . For additional information, please visit our website at www.hotelpalomar-dallas.com.
Prava Suites: Conveniently located steps from the Galleria Dallas. The North Dallas Tollway gives us a perfect location for traveling throughout the Dallas metroplex. Prava Suites Hotel is home to the Fountain Court Bistro. For after-hours pleasures, guests will enjoy the Gallery Bar and Billiards Room for drinks, games, and relaxation, a high-tech fitness center, indoor pool, and technologically advanced Business Center. A lush, tropical garden backdrop behind our indoor lap pool and whirlpool, along with overhead sunlight filtered in through sky lights paints a perfect Romanesque spa setting. For reservation information call (972)503-8700, ask for the SMU graduation rate. For additional information please visit our website at www.pravasuites.com.
West End Hotel: located minutes away from the SMU campus on the Dart Rail Line in the West End historic district of downtown Dallas. We offer a complimentary deluxe extended continental breakfast daily, free local phone calls and 24-hour coffee service. Our guests can enjoy our complimentary exercise facility. We are excited to offer the SMU Graduation rate of $89.00 per night plus tax. This special rate includes a complete package of dining discount coupons for use with leading West End merchants. The West End Hotel is part of the Intercontinental Hotel Group family of Hotels and offers Priority Points or American Airlines Miles. To make reservations please contact the hotel at 214-742-5678 and ask for the SMU Graduation Rate. For additional information please visit our website at www.westendhoteldallas.com.
Please direct all questions regarding Honors Day to graduation@smu.edu or (214) 768-2037.
