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)
Zaal 6	27	20	16	—	40	16	—	40
Bali – Flores (combined)	250	—	—	—	—	—	—	283
nhow 6	110	42	36	70	110	45	39	126
Charcoal	61	33	40	30	70	28	28	78.8
Zaal 1	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	28
Rijnkade	—	—	—	—	—	14	—	50
Baron	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	43
Winterthur	30	30	21	21	—	16	14	36
Meeting Rooms (10 rooms)	20	15	—	—	—	15	11	25
De Dam 1	70	45	50	50	65	26	27	72
IJ 3	50	20	40	30	—	—	20	70
Terras ROAM	100	—	—	—	200	—	—	—
Celia Amsterdam (restaurant)	—	—	120	—	200	—	—	223
Diamond	333	150	170	152	225	40	78	240
Berlijn + Dublin	120	60	110	64	140	—	32	—
Zaal 1	61	25	—	46	—	28	19	102
Zeelandia	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	26
Presidential Suite LF	—	—	—	—	40	12	—	69
Zaal 5 / De Lentse Lus	25	13	—	—	—	16	—	32
Zaal 21	70	24	40	41	80	23	24	80
Inzicht+Aandacht	120	60	80	90	100	48	40	165
Gauguin – Dali	150	90	90	75	175	50	46	220
Meeting room 2	166	36	110	60	—	36	28	188
Van Ruysdael	—	—	—	—	—	14	—	37
Meeting Room 12+14	115	30	—	50	—	28	18	115
Bali – Timor (combined)	200	—	—	—	—	—	—	219
Berlijn	45	—	—	30	—	—	16	54
Diamond Room II	—	60	90	90	175	50	36	136
nhow 7	60	24	18	39	60	24	18	67
De Witte Bergen	60	30	30	27	—	30	22	59
Amsterdam 5	60	16	32	30	32	—	18	80
Dahlia 7+8	110	—	—	64	—	—	28	116
Fantasie	60	31	40	32	50	27	23	89
Rembrandt 4	60	18	36	—	50	24	17	67
Studio 7	80	36	40	40	80	21	21	110
Amsterdam Room	20	10	10	14	25	10	10	34.7
Meeting Room 17	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	24
De Mundt van Hollandt	—	—	—	—	—	11	—	45
Duveltjesgracht	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	30
Familie 1	—	—	14	—	—	14	—	48
Groenevecht 2 + 3	70	36	60	50	100	38	30	111
Domtoren 1-2	120	52	—	68	—	—	40	166
Post-it Room	—	—	—	—	—	8	—	15
Boardroom 4	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	28
Foyer A	90	42	60	42	100	35	35	108.8
Ruigenhoek	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	30
New York	30	18	—	25	—	18	16	46
Zaal 10	26	20	20	20	40	18	12	40
Meeting Room 5	28	10	20	20	—	20	15	42
Amstel 3	270	144	160	112	275	—	54	316
Pické 1	250	130	220	170	350	60	52	374
Rotterdam 1 + 2	250	120	170	150	280	120	70	330
The Cinema	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	60
Theekoepel	—	—	—	—	—	6	—	null
Rembrandt 4	60	18	36	—	50	24	17	67
Erasmus 1 + 2	150	64	—	78	—	—	—	161
Sydney 5	99	—	—	48	—	40	36	115
Manhattan	—	—	—	—	—	16	—	80
Groenekamer	—	—	12	—	—	12	—	27
Oosterbeek	35	16	—	20	—	16	12	45
Zaal 7	—	—	7	—	10	7	—	15
Noordermarkt (M4)	—	—	—	—	—	14	—	40
Parijs	75	26	—	40	—	28	24	69
Zaal 22	70	24	40	41	80	23	24	80
Eerste Vrije Staten Vergadering	—	—	—	—	—	11	—	45
The Office + The Kitchen + The Cinema	65	—	—	14	—	—	40	229
Energie+Aandacht+Inzicht	160	80	120	120	160	60	56	230
Studios 3+4 (combined)	60	30	50	32	80	26	26	85
Jade	50	—	—	16	50	20	21	40
Tokyo Room	120	50	—	75	—	44	34	129
Celia Private Dining	—	—	30	—	—	—	—	null
Zaal 7	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	25
Carmine & Charcoal	118	62	80	66	140	—	38	156
Executive Boardrooms	—	—	—	—	—	17	—	—
Pické 2	250	160	220	180	350	60	52	330
Industrie 6	30	24	24	24	—	18	18	80
Zaal 2	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	28
Eyckenstein	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	28
Frytom	—	—	—	—	—	14	—	37
Amsterdam + Dublin	90	48	110	—	150	—	34	152
Boardroom 6	—	—	—	—	—	6	—	17
Meeting Room 7	20	8	10	10	—	14	12	35
Chili + Wasabi + Cumin	200	—	—	—	235	40	—	257
Bali – Lombok (combined)	150	90	—	120	—	42	35	163
Boekarest	45	—	—	30	—	—	16	70
Lord	—	—	—	—	—	16	—	42
Bloemenmarkt (M5)	—	—	—	—	—	14	—	40
Sydney 3	72	—	—	48	—	40	34	105
Zaal 8	90	27	—	44	—	32	27	100
Foyer I	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	127
Harleskamer	—	—	—	—	—	8	—	27
nhow 8	—	—	16	—	—	16	—	66
Zederik	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	30
Kinderdijk	60	30	29	27	—	30	22	59
Levendig+Eigenwijs	120	62	80	64	100	54	46	178
Amstel 1 & 2	500	306	320	210	500	—	96	576
Groenevecht 1	60	25	40	36	50	30	26	71
University of Amsterdam 1 + 2	136	66	—	78	—	44	40	152.4
Foyer ground floor	—	—	—	—	80	—	—	—
Terras Pub	50	—	—	—	75	—	—	—