Holiday Inn Express Amsterdam - Arena Towers

Holiday Inn Express Amsterdam - Arena Towers – 3-star hotel with 323 rooms by the Johan Cruijff ArenA, sharing the adjacent Arena Towers meeting facilities.

Key charistaristics:

Affiliation:

Holiday Inn Express, IHG

Star rating:

Number of hotel rooms:

323

Number of twin rooms:

Distance to Schiphol Airport:

Location:

Amsterdam

Area:

Business district, Train station

Holiday Inn Express Amsterdam - Arena Towers – Express Start breakfast spread

With Holiday Inn Express Amsterdam - Arena Towers as their base, groups benefit from Holland DMC Partners' full DMC Amsterdam services, covering transport, meetings, catering and bespoke incentive experiences.

Holiday Inn Express Amsterdam - Arena Towers is a modern 3-star hotel in Amsterdam Zuidoost, the capital's business and entertainment district in the south-east of the city, and a straightforward, well-connected base for group programmes and staff accommodation.

Spread across eleven floors, the hotel offers 323 contemporary rooms with either a double bed or two singles, each with a private bathroom and walk-in shower, international television channels, complimentary coffee and tea facilities and free WiFi, and four of the rooms are accessible.

It sits directly next door to the four-star Holiday Inn Amsterdam - Arena Towers, its sister hotel in the same Arena Towers complex; the two share a single main entrance and a combined inventory of 443 rooms, so larger groups can be accommodated across both hotels within one building.

The included Express Start continental breakfast is served in the Great Room, the ground-floor Starbucks To-Go bar takes care of the morning coffee and the WunderMart shop covers essentials around the clock, while the Open Lobby restaurant and bar provide relaxed all-day dining.

Guests can keep to their routine in the 24-hour fitness centre, rent a bicycle to explore the city, and use the on-site parking with EV charging, and as a Green Key-certified, single-use-plastic-free hotel it keeps a clear focus on sustainability.

The Johan Cruijff ArenA, Ziggo Dome and AFAS Live are all within walking distance, Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA train and metro station is about a seven-minute walk with the city centre roughly fifteen minutes away by metro, and Amsterdam Schiphol Airport is approximately 19 kilometres away, making the hotel an efficient choice for internationally arriving groups.

Holiday Inn Express Amsterdam - Arena Towers – double guest room with work desk

Holiday Inn Express Amsterdam - Arena Towers is primarily a large room-block hotel, but it also gives organisers direct access to the extensive Arena Towers meeting and event space, marketed as the largest IHG meeting space in Amsterdam.

The hotel has its own meeting room for smaller working sessions, and it sits within the same complex as the adjoining four-star Holiday Inn Amsterdam - Arena Towers next door, whose ten multifunctional rooms of around 1,000 square metres, all with natural daylight, handle everything from boardroom meetings to conferences of up to 400 delegates.

That combination is the hotel's real strength for events: a programme can draw on the full Arena Towers meeting capacity while using the Express's 323 rooms, alongside the neighbouring Holiday Inn, for accommodation, giving a single-building total of 443 rooms.

As a Green Key-certified hotel it supports sustainable, eco-friendly events through reduced waste and sustainable menu options, so a programme can be both practical and responsible.

Set beside the Johan Cruijff ArenA, Ziggo Dome and AFAS Live and approximately 19 kilometres from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport with a direct train link, the hotel is a well-connected base for larger group stays and the meetings that go with them.

Number of meeting rooms:

Holiday Inn Express Amsterdam - Arena Towers – meeting room set boardroom-style with a presentation screen

Room / Space	Theatre	Classroom	Banquet (rounds)	Cabaret	Reception (standing)	Boardroom	U-shape	Area (m²)
Koningzaal I	60	20	48	40	75	32	24	80
Wapen A & B	160	110	100	100	180	66	45	176
New York 1+2+3	780	350	580	400	750	—	150	885
Boijmans van Beuningen	100	25	80	50	150	34	30	93
KOEPELKERK	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Great Room 2+3	200	100	152	—	300	—	—	—
Opal 1	160	60	80	48	100	20	30	131
Bolsius (large room, up to 250 people)	264	72	—	96	200	68	48	300
Fongerszaal + W.A. Scholtenzaal	115	55	100	74	130	—	42	135
Rembrandt (Total)	400	200	250	—	500	—	50	555
Zaal 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5	176	112	144	112	250	92	—	224
The Patio (restaurant)	—	—	—	—	80	—	—	—
VD5 + VD6 Jonge Jan	385	130	240	145	300	—	65	413
Amsterdam + Brussel	—	—	350	—	—	—	—	—
Marigold zaal	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	110
Residentie	200	80	150	80	300	64	—	234
Symphony Room	120	60	90	64	130	28	32	120
1. Magnifica	150	70	100	—	175	—	50	188
Groot Auditorium	275	140	—	140	—	54	45	null
Studio	24	—	35	—	35	20	12	31.04
Le Jardin	325	180	252	150	350	60	51	393
Zaal 1-2-3-4 / Waalsprong 1-2-3-4	450	210	286	259	400	96	61	488
Zaal 7+8+9	250	112	—	120	—	60	60	302
Houtzaagmolen 1	35	15	20	22	—	20	16	50
Machine Room 1+2+3+4	165	72	—	80	195	68	42	200
Amsterdam 1 t/m 5	—	168	408	350	500	—	—	840
Juliana I	50	24	30	20	40	18	18	68
Zaal 1+2+3+4+5	410	176	—	285	410	122	116	502
Rio Grande	250	102	200	130	300	48	36	324
New York	700	—	600	400	—	—	—	750
Zaal 19 t/m 23 + Binnentuin	1200	200	380	347	1000	—	—	1000
Prinsendam	—	—	—	—	—	15	5	53
Megaron	92	32	—	48	150	38	26	90
The Conference Room 3	—	—	—	—	—	14	—	53
Cherry	50	18	40	30	50	—	20	57
Meeting rooms (headline only)	100	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
De Dam	350	130	120	152	350	64	52	375
Vermeer 1 + 2 + 3	330	144	250	144	330	120	—	450
Pearl 1	189	125	130	88	240	28	—	225
Ballroom	640	180	360	288	640	—	80	475
Zaal 5+6+7+8+9 (all combined)	600	160	280	280	600	200	170	570
Zaal 1+2+3+4	350	—	120	190	320	—	—	390
Amsterdam 1, 2 & 3	300	140	—	140	—	—	—	321
Leeds 2	50	25	38	30	50	20	23	60
Dom + Vredenburg	200	125	120	140	240	—	—	251
Cambridge	20	8	—	—	—	12	—	24.5
Emerson I	80	36	56	40	70	29	28	77
A1	350	180	220	175	500	60	50	273
Beijing (whole room)	350	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
LOFT 2+3	220	120	250	160	400	46	38	543
Amsterdam 1	65	32	35	36	60	20	18	64
Lange Voorhout + Binnenhof	150	45	100	80	200	—	—	186
t Speuld	375	175	200	160	750	59	50	250
IJ-plein	—	—	—	—	—	20	—	null
Matterhorn I	112	84	56	56	—	—	30	128
Morettipaviljoen I	175	85	125	90	—	44	40	165
Balszaal	100	32	80	42	120	40	—	135
Ferdinand Bol 1	50	30	40	24	60	28	23	55
Meeting room 5+6+7+8+9 + Foyer	900	320	500	450	—	—	—	860
Jonas	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Senator + Governor	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	220
Mesdag Ballroom	300	170	200	—	400	82	70	251
Vechtzaal	160	—	—	90	—	40	30	176
Cocagne I	80	—	—	70	—	—	32	117
Oudegracht 1-2-3-4-5	450	160	—	200	—	—	—	500
Kleine Salon	—	—	4	—	—	6	—	17
Biesbosch + Lobby	700	—	500	—	—	—	—	870
Seven Seas	—	—	130	—	250	—	—	225
Waterpoort	100	50	—	60	100	40	40	120
De Molenhoek 1-2-3	450	156	300	210	300	—	—	413
Delft Blue Room	—	—	12	—	—	10	8	45
Boardroom	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	null
Balans zalen + gang	350	150	260	220	350	60	50	350
Boardroom	—	—	—	—	—	8	—	—
Clash	—	—	120	—	120	—	—	250
Spiegelkamer	70	40	66	30	100	36	28	90
Meeting Room 1-6	350	—	250	—	—	—	—	500
Beaufort I & II	84	—	—	40	—	28	24	90
The Deck	—	—	—	—	130	—	—	220
Van Gogh	54	30	40	—	—	32	26	80
Vechtestein 1 + 2 + 3	400	168	250	210	375	—	—	427
Lobby & Bar (exclusive use)	—	—	60	—	200	—	—	null
Fashion Lounge	200	60	—	80	—	34	30	256
Queen's Lounge	150	72	240	138	450	44	34	600
Haven Ballroom	400	192	300	280	500	44	70	500
Thorbeckezaal	250	150	200	200	—	50	40	285
Van Gendt Zaal + Berns Zaal	70	40	44	44	110	28	28	110
The Studio	—	—	—	—	30	—	—	65
Boardroom	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	40
Meeting Room	120	55	70	70	130	36	36	118
Garden Room	108	80	90	80	150	26	32	null
Amstel 1+2+3	350	160	—	250	—	—	—	515
Liemers 1+2	750	—	—	270	—	—	—	644
Zaal 1+2+3	250	150	140	180	285	—	—	285
Event area	—	—	—	—	200	—	—	300
Beerschoten-Vollenhoven	240	—	220	150	220	—	—	280
Park Suite 1	50	24	40	24	—	14	20	68
De Reiger	—	—	—	—	65	—	—	null
Salon 1 + 2 + 3	200	66	140	150	200	—	—	232
Meeting Room 1	45	16	—	24	40	20	16	47