In Arkansas, business travelers have options

By AMP Staff

Traveling for business has been a part of the human condition from, well, almost from the very start.

It’s believed the Lascaux caves in France, which date to 1500 B.C., were “developed” to accommodate members of other tribes. And some 2,023 years ago, there was an inn in Bethlehem doing brisk business with “business” travelers — very important business, indeed. But it was the Japanese ryokans of the seventh century that came to represent what’s considered the birth of hotels. The first modern hotel, as we know them, was built in England in the early 19th century, per HotelTechReport.com.

Continental breakfasts have come a long way since prehistoric Lascaux and the prospect of a dewy cave wall and a beetle.

With lines between business and pleasure blurred by the day, modern business travelers expect to be feted. And in Arkansas, they are.

Whether business takes one to the state capital, to the bustling of NWA or elsewhere in The Natural State, travelers can find some exceptional destinations. Below, AMP takes a look at a few of these first-class hotels across the state, which so deftly accommodate travelers, business and otherwise.