Element Dallas Fort Worth Airport North to Celebrate Opening

Element Dallas Fort Worth Airport North to Celebrate Opening with

“Vine Cutting” Celebration – First Element to Open in D/FW

New Longer Stay Hotel is first in DFW to Pursue the U.S. Green Building Council’s

LEED Certification for High-Performance Buildings

WHAT:                  Element Dallas Fort Worth Airport North hotel will host a special Vine Cutting celebration to commence the official opening of the hotel in Irving.  Irving Mayor Herbert Gears will present the hotel with a proclamation and provide remarks on what the addition of the Element means for the Irving-Las Colinas community. 

Inspired by Westin^® Hotels & Resorts, the 123-room Element Dallas Fort Worth Airport North hotel is the first Element to open in D/FW, the second in Texas and the sixth globally.   The hotel is also the first in D/FW to pursue the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED Certification for High-Performance Buildings.  Element invites guests to check-in to a new travel experience with comfortable public spaces, modern style and environmentally-friendly design. 

WHEN:                 Thursday, October 8, 2009

                                10:30 a.m. – program

                                11:00 a.m. – hotel tours

WHERE:                3550 W. IH 635 (southwest corner of Belt Line Road / IH 635)

                                Irving, TX

WHO:                    Irving Mayor Herbert Gears and City of Irving staff and council

                                Maura Gast, Irving Convention & Visitors Bureau and staff

Greater Irving-Las Colinas Chamber of Commerce representatives

                                Greater Irving-Las Colinas business and community leaders

                                Sava Holdings, Ltd. representatives (owner)

                                Aquila Lodging, LLC representatives (management company)

                                Hotel staff

PHOTOS/             Photos of the commemorative “vine cutting;” presentation of proclamation by Mayor Gears;

INTERVIEWS:                interviews with hotel management and ownership and other community leaders.

MEDIA                  Shannon Hopper, Element Hotel

CONTACTS:         972.929.9800, shannon.hopper@elementdfwnorth.com

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Molli Samuels, Cooksey Communications                                           

972.580.0662, x22, molli@cookseypr.com