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)
Alpha	50	—	40	32	50	20	24	70
Kurzaal	600	—	360	280	750	120	80	950
Rotonde	—	—	—	—	100	—	—	102
Sydney	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	805
Saskiazaal	50	24	60	36	100	26	24	60
Grand Ballroom (Salons A–E combined)	350	250	300	192	400	—	—	433
Herengracht	18	12	—	—	25	12	—	28
The Apartment (total of rooms)	81	—	52	—	—	48	—	171
Amstelpark	35	18	20	9	35	20	16	52
Rietveld 1-4	230	98	—	—	225	—	50	221.2
2nd	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	190
Ballroom	216	80	128	120	224	32	44	191
De Zaanwand (combi)	—	—	200	—	350	—	—	344
Rembrandt (Total)	400	200	250	—	500	—	50	555
Summit	200	100	120	150	300	60	54	256
Bali	40	24	—	24	—	16	26	64
Meeting Room 1 t/m 8 incl. Corridor	1200	288	500	300	1200	70	70	1000
Club Conversation	—	—	—	—	150	—	—	400
Ginger	100	36	—	60	95	16	20	127
Scheveningen	140	75	80	100	250	60	42	182
The Apartment (all rooms)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	140
Lobby Event Space	—	—	—	—	350	—	—	370
Panorama Ballroom	250	—	210	—	260	—	56	375
Exchange Hall	—	—	700	—	1100	—	—	—
Paardenwater + Groote Wiel + Merwede	328	124	152	150	220	99	90	330
Entire floor	220	100	200	150	300	—	—	—
The Canal Room	—	—	—	—	—	6	—	23
The Horizon	300	100	200	180	400	—	44	380
Rotterdam 1+2+3	180	—	150	—	240	—	—	330
Grand Ballroom	1015	591	650	480	1600	195	154	—
Calla 1-3 + Rosa 4-6	—	375	500	352	1000	—	—	1000
De Orangerie	—	—	100	—	200	—	—	—
Oranje Nassau zaal	300	—	250	—	500	50	50	316
Skylounge III	—	—	—	—	—	20	—	44
Elisabeth v. Tegelen Salon	—	—	12	—	—	12	—	24
Council Chamber	320	140	200	152	300	—	—	295
Boardroom	—	—	—	—	—	8	—	—
Regio 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5	590	206	416	246	720	—	—	612
Meeting Room 1+2+3+4 + Corridor	500	140	310	168	500	60	48	549
Biesbosch 1+2	530	—	280	270	400	—	—	610
Mon Rêve Souterrain	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Hundt zaal	38	13	20	20	—	16	17	30
Calla 1+2+3	525	288	330	276	600	—	68	528
Meeting Room 1+2+3	280	132	170	—	—	78	66	312
De Hembrug (combi)	200	100	160	100	—	—	—	244
Nieuwegracht 1-2	500	150	—	250	—	—	—	488
Kanselpoort	60	30	—	40	60	30	20	90
Heian I/II	494	315	330	216	680	126	99	—
Montreal	350	—	350	300	—	80	60	450
De Ooievaar	—	—	—	—	30	—	—	null
The Exchange	—	—	—	—	50	—	—	65
Balans zalen	250	130	250	180	200	60	50	300
Juliana II	60	24	40	20	50	22	22	77
Rhythms Bar	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	190
Randolph zaal	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	100
Panorama Ballroom	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	null
Zappeion	64	22	—	32	100	24	20	57
Tituszaal	30	12	30	18	50	18	14	30
Amsterdam 1 & 2	180	80	—	100	—	56	40	233
Panorama 2-3-4-5	180	82	110	—	180	56	52	230
Van Gendt Zaal	35	20	22	22	50	22	18	55
De Gouden Leeuw 1-2-3	340	132	160	200	350	—	—	311
Zaal 5+6+7+8	480	128	230	224	500	160	136	455
Seminar rooms for up to 150 people	189	42	—	80	—	56	40	155
Combination Rembrandt 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & corridor	400	200	250	—	500	—	—	505
Wapen B	100	55	60	55	80	36	30	101
Meeting Room A	40	16	24	24	50	16	16	46
Leeds 1	40	20	30	24	40	18	21	53
The Forbidden Garden	—	—	—	—	75	—	—	115
Fongerszaal	75	35	36	50	70	36	26	80
Beatrixpark	50	24	30	12	50	26	22	64
Lange Voorhout	95	32	55	64	100	40	30	112
Club Pampus	—	—	—	—	90	—	—	155
Thorbecke	110	55	80	90	—	40	35	143
Buffetrestaurant	—	—	180	—	—	—	—	324
Zaal 2+3	177	110	100	130	205	65	60	205
Valk Toekan	140	41	120	90	120	44	39	153
Sydney 1+2+3+4	500	—	—	252	—	—	—	570
Zaal 1 + 2 + 3 + 4	128	80	112	80	200	84	—	167
Beerschoten	120	50	120	80	120	44	40	180
Heinekenkamer	60	40	55	20	70	28	24	85
Grote lounge	80	—	60	—	80	28	26	81
Liemers 2	265	—	—	120	—	46	40	325
Chabot	30	12	20	24	—	20	18	52
Desert Inn Pub	—	—	150	—	500	—	—	300
Saxenburg Room	70	35	50	30	80	20	26	null
Schiller Salon	—	—	12	—	—	12	—	33
Ray's Club	60	24	50	31	150	32	25	174
Ferdinand Bol 2	40	24	30	18	50	24	18	43
Meeting room 5+6+7 + Foyer	642	260	360	360	—	—	—	654
10. Salix	60	40	—	39	—	—	20	103
Restaurant FIVE	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Speuldbar	—	—	—	—	75	—	—	112
Zaal 1+2	140	80	70	80	150	50	44	180
Galerij	—	—	120	—	350	—	—	228
The Garden Room	—	—	70	—	—	—	—	90
A1 Foyer	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	222
Combination Rembrandt 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & corridor	400	200	250	—	500	—	—	505
Vechtestein 1 + 2	260	112	150	140	260	—	—	283
Grand Ballroom	160	60	166	90	420	40	32	428