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)
Meeting room 7	120	54	70	75	—	36	24	128
Rembrandt 5	76	32	54	—	130	28	27	104
Meeting Rooms 24 + 25	50	36	40	32	65	22	21	65
Paul van Vliet lounge	—	—	8	—	—	6	—	25
Zaal 11	24	16	16	—	40	16	15	50
Private dining – Restaurant JAQ	—	—	52	—	75	22	—	84
De Pijp	50	24	—	32	—	28	24	64
2. Aurea	45	30	—	—	—	—	19	52
nhow 5+6	240	84	72	150	240	72	48	—
Rembrandtpark + Vondelpark	110	50	70	21	100	44	40	121
Brussel 1	250	112	144	144	200	—	44	306
IJssel/Vecht	35	25	—	35	—	25	22	56
Red II	14	6	8	—	—	12	10	25
Zurich I & II	300	210	168	168	—	—	56	318
VD9 Jonge Pieter (2)	—	—	18	—	—	17	—	55
Kracht	40	18	30	30	50	22	18	65
Salon 2	50	18	40	40	50	24	18	62
Plaza Suite 4	60	40	50	32	—	32	32	65
Nieuwegracht 1	250	70	—	125	—	—	45	240
Albert Cuypmarkt (M1)	50	24	40	28	60	22	24	67
Van Gogh 2 + 3	110	48	80	40	120	—	—	140
Alde Heerlickheijt	—	—	100	—	—	—	—	140
King	80	30	—	30	100	26	32	94
Londen 3 (+4)	75	—	80	60	—	30	30	140
Amsterdam 2 + 3 + 4	220	90	150	120	300	88	50	174
Mauritius B	35	26	20	24	—	18	17	60
Zaal 3 / Waalsprong 3	100	57	64	71	100	44	37	120
Smoking Room	65	16	100	—	150	28	18	288
Singel 1 & 2	72	54	40	28	60	24	24	66
Amstel 2	125	40	70	60	—	—	30	125
Van Gogh 3	50	24	40	24	60	28	20	71
Copper Chamber	24	—	24	—	20	14	—	null
Zaal 3	30	16	18	24	—	20	16	46
Singel 1 & 2 & 3	—	—	160	—	240	—	—	218
Leidse	48	22	45	—	90	26	26	92
Leidse	48	22	45	—	90	26	26	92
Van Oldenbarnevelt Room	200	60	120	75	—	60	40	—
Machine Room 2	16	12	—	—	—	12	10	24
Van Herwaarde Lounge	40	30	50	48	100	20	25	136
Queen	80	30	—	30	100	26	32	85
Dappermarkt (M2)	50	24	40	28	60	22	24	67
The Studio & The Exchange	—	—	—	—	90	—	—	130
Hub 2	25	12	16	16	45	16	—	30
Lumière	50	—	—	30	—	—	16	66
Govaert Flinckkamer	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	null
Panorama 5	35	18	20	—	35	24	20	54
Barbounia	—	—	80	—	74	—	—	114
Zaal 3+4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	195
Doornburg 2	70	24	40	32	70	26	22	78
Amsterdam 3 + 4	170	80	90	100	200	68	42	192
Steenwijck	24	20	—	20	—	17	16	65
't Twiske 1+2	70	30	50	45	—	—	—	120
Posbank 2	60	—	—	40	—	24	23	94
Sydney 5+6	198	—	—	96	—	—	—	235
Sky Lounge	100	40	—	60	—	—	32	203
Brussel 2	126	52	90	56	90	—	40	161.5
Zaal 12	24	12	12	—	35	14	13	42
Frans Hals	20	18	20	—	25	18	15	40
Madrid + Milaan	80	—	—	—	—	25	25	100
Louis Davids Lounge	—	—	8	—	—	6	—	25
Breskens	60	36	—	32	—	34	27	—
Meeting Rooms 18 + 20, 19 + 21	50	30	40	32	70	24	26	61
Amstelpark + Beatrixpark + Rembrandtpark + Vondelpark	200	100	150	42	200	86	80	236
Boardroom 1 (13th floor)	—	—	—	—	—	14	—	38
De Gouden Leeuw 1	118	44	50	50	100	36	30	114
Boardroom 7	—	—	—	—	—	6	—	23
Zaal 4	35	24	25	30	50	24	16	50
Bristol 2	50	25	40	32	50	24	27	63
VD1 Jonge Pieter (1)	—	—	14	—	—	13	—	36
Steenenhoek	52	23	40	25	24	24	21	72
Studio 2	20	12	10	—	20	15	15	29
Meeting room 8+9	164	64	110	80	—	36	24	206
Meeting Room 7+8 / 8+9	40	16	20	20	—	22	20	70
Schuttebergzaal	50	36	—	36	—	24	20	63
Ambassador Lounge	30	—	50	—	150	—	—	250
Monchy	12	—	—	—	—	10	—	25
Amsterdam 4 + 5	200	40	96	100	160	—	—	244
Energie	40	18	30	30	50	22	18	65
Living	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	30
Zaal 7	70	32	—	48	—	28	20	89
Meeting Gallery (foyer)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	785
Plaza Suite 5	40	32	30	26	—	20	20	42
Platinum	—	—	—	—	—	18	—	67
nhow 6+7	170	66	36	100	170	45	39	—
Chili + Wasabi	130	54	—	84	155	—	—	199
Rosa 4+5	110	54	90	57	120	—	26	132
Westerpark 1 & 2	100	48	—	64	—	40	30	126
Erasmus 2	80	36	—	48	—	20	24	80.5
Basel	—	—	—	—	—	16	—	39
Eiland van Dordrecht 3-4	100	—	70	70	—	—	—	—
Zaal 9	120	32	60	56	125	40	34	125
Penthouse	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	24
Regio 4	35	14	24	16	—	16	18	46
Singel 2 & 3	60	48	30	21	60	24	24	63
De Adelaar	30	12	24	20	—	—	16	47
Meeting Room 22+23	130	33	94	105	—	62	20	155
Zwarte Water	25	15	—	25	—	20	16	45
Orangerie	—	—	50	—	—	—	—	null
Mauritius A	25	24	12	18	—	18	17	39
Gauguin	100	50	40	50	75	32	30	131.1