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)
Oudegracht 2-3	180	64	—	80	—	—	—	200
Piet Boon Boardroom	16	8	—	—	—	—	10	23.6
Boardroom 9	—	12	—	16	30	12	—	43
Presidential Boardroom	—	—	14	—	—	14	—	50
Plaza Suites 2+3	60	40	50	30	—	32	32	75
Zaan 2	50	20	30	30	—	—	20	70
Mees Room I	126	60	90	75	175	47	35	144
Rembrandt 2	80	24	54	—	100	28	27	90
Haardkamer	30	—	24	—	—	12	10	32
Karnebeek	—	—	—	—	—	5	—	14
Amsterdam 3	144	28	88	70	100	—	40	194
Achtervliet	28	18	24	32	24	20	14	40
Meeting Room 12	45	24	30	32	—	26	20	65
Zaal 4	20	16	16	16	—	14	—	32
Rotterdam 1	120	70	120	80	150	60	48	170
nhow 5	110	42	36	70	110	45	39	148
Aandacht	75	38	50	50	70	32	26	100
Zaal 5	155	55	—	106	—	40	29	171
University of Amsterdam 2	80	40	—	54	—	20	30	84
Sydney 2	126	—	—	72	—	48	38	160
Aldermans Chamber	40	24	40	21	60	24	24	57
Meeting room 9	86	30	60	40	—	20	20	103
Hub 4	20	7	10	13	35	10	—	25
Finley	—	—	10	—	—	8	—	17.5
De Pette Boon	30	12	24	20	—	—	16	47
Murray	—	—	—	—	—	16	—	41
Staetenzaal	—	—	—	—	—	33	—	null
Doornburg 1	30	16	30	24	30	20	16	50
Boardroom 1	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	50
Foyer 5th floor	—	—	—	—	40	—	—	55
Sakura	16	—	—	—	—	10	—	—
Salon	—	—	40	—	50	—	—	45
Event Hall	200	—	120	100	350	—	—	400
Rosa 4	54	24	30	27	40	16	20	66
Rembrandt	75	40	50	30	50	36	30	75.5
Westerpark 2	50	24	—	32	—	28	24	63
Madrid	40	24	40	30	—	18	18	50
8. Plantijn	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	31
Boardroom 4 (13th floor)	—	—	—	—	—	8	—	25
Eiland van Dordrecht 2	60	—	50	40	—	32	24	95
Sun Room	60	28	50	—	—	30	27	77
Zaal 29	80	32	40	40	80	32	27	81
Doen	24	17	32	25	—	15	13	48
Zaal 6	—	—	12	—	30	12	—	35
Zaal 8	50	32	—	40	—	28	20	70
The Studio, Exchange & Forum	—	—	—	—	120	—	—	170
Luzern	30	30	21	21	—	16	14	34
Rembrandt 2	80	24	54	—	100	28	27	90
Posbank 4	40	—	—	30	—	34	27	74
Zaal 3	—	—	12	—	—	12	—	59
Taiko Cuisine	—	—	72	—	—	—	—	110
Van Gogh 1	45	24	40	24	60	22	18	69
Familie 4	45	20	32	26	50	20	16	63
San Francisco 2	70	—	—	50	—	30	25	80
Berlijn	75	26	—	40	—	28	24	72
HOTEL MEETING ROOMS	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Praag	120	52	80	56	100	—	36	153
Ridderoord	30	24	24	24	24	20	18	48
Zaal 12 / Cloud 14	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	60
Aqua	40	25	32	24	65	20	22	68.3
London 2	40	25	30	21	40	16	20	48.8
Meeting Room 11	—	—	—	—	—	11	—	33
Salon 6	50	18	40	40	50	24	18	60
Vondelpark (P2)	50	24	40	28	60	22	24	67
Mint	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	27
Panorama 1	25	8	10	—	—	12	10	28.3
Leo's Corner	60	—	40	—	60	—	—	67
De Gouden Leeuw 3	118	44	50	50	100	36	30	97
Meeting Room 20+21	135	—	75	50	—	—	20	122
Rosa 5	54	24	30	30	40	16	20	66
Zaal 4	—	—	12	—	—	12	—	59
Atrium Foyer	—	—	—	—	50	—	—
University of Amsterdam 3	80	40	—	54	—	20	30	84
Marriage Chamber	45	—	20	—	40	20	—	51
Museum	400	125	250	175	500	60	60	558.9
Zaal 9	50	32	—	40	—	28	19	70
Rembrandt 3	70	30	54	—	100	24	27	90
Meeting Rooms 22, 23, 24, 25	24	12	20	16	30	12	15	31
Beechwood	56	22	30	20	40	20	22	53
Boardroom 3 (13th floor)	—	—	—	—	—	8	—	20
Eiland van Dordrecht 3	60	—	50	40	—	32	24	95
nhow 3	150	42	36	70	150	45	39	126
Meeting room 2+3 + Foyer	413	156	320	190	—	—	—	463
Boardroom 2	—	—	—	—	—	6	—	28
Siena	40	18	—	24	—	18	12	45
Pothuis	—	—	75	—	100	—	—	118
Van Berkel Lounge	100	65	80	60	120	26	36	120
Boardroom	—	—	—	—	—	14	—	—
Azure	—	—	8	—	—	8	—	30.1
Giessen	28	16	16	32	24	16	12	40
Groenevecht 1 + 2 + 3	120	60	80	100	120	42	36	176
Levendig	60	31	40	32	50	27	23	89
Glasshouse	—	—	—	—	20	—	—	20
Chicago 1	70	—	—	50	—	30	30	80
Kracht+Energie	80	48	60	65	80	40	30	130
De Vrede	—	—	14	—	—	—	14	22
London 3	30	18	20	16	30	16	20	42.3
Boardroom 2	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	50
Rotterdam 2	120	60	100	70	130	48	45	160
Oranje	—	—	—	—	—	20	—	48