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)
Margriet Salon	70	30	90	40	100	20	30	180
Salon A	95	63	60	48	100	36	36	92
Focus 1	70	49	50	66	80	37	33	91
Park Suite 2	50	24	40	24	—	14	20	68
Beaufort I	30	—	—	16	—	16	12	45
Council Chamber I	200	72	110	88	175	48	36	177
Meeting room 1st floor	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	15
Millingerzaal	60	—	—	50	—	40	26	136
Ruby Luuk meeting rooms (various)	70	—	—	—	—	—	—	null
Dom	150	72	80	90	180	54	42	165
Great Room 1+2+3	225	120	152	—	350	—	—	—
Pearl 2	189	125	130	88	240	28	—	225
Amsterdam 1 t/m 4	587	122	376	300	450	—	—	718
Zaal 3+4+5	220	104	120	112	300	70	60	296
Rotterdam 1+2	120	—	100	—	160	—	—	220
Machine Room 3+4	100	48	—	48	—	44	30	128
Senator	70	30	48	30	150	30	30	110
Chocolate	50	18	40	30	50	—	20	57
Cocagne II	240	—	—	150	—	—	36	234
Cannes	40	18	20	31	—	18	19	62
Groote Wiel + Merwede	226	88	112	132	210	70	56	234
Ballroom A	350	120	170	144	380	—	54	281
Matterhorn II	150	96	63	63	—	—	36	139
New York 1+2	500	240	450	256	500	—	110	590
Sydney 1	—	—	—	—	—	—	18	—
Amsterdam 2	40	25	30	30	50	20	18	47
Beta	50	—	40	32	50	20	24	70
Balzaal (Ballroom)	80	—	60	—	100	34	26	79
Coriander	30	18	—	24	60	12	16	73
Mesdag Ballroom I	150	80	90	—	200	48	34	132
Meeting Room 2	45	16	—	24	40	20	16	48
Amsterdam	125	50	200	120	—	30	30	350
Rotterdam	300	150	180	160	350	80	72	288
Mercurius Hall	—	—	500	—	800	—	—	—
Rietveld 3-4	130	60	64	—	140	—	36	141.7
Zaal 2+3+4+5	370	130	—	230	325	102	96	400
The Cornelis Room	30	—	—	—	30	26	20	50
Morettipaviljoen II	175	85	125	90	—	44	40	165
Cornell	20	8	—	—	—	12	—	24.5
SKYY Bar Amsterdam	—	—	—	—	125	—	—
Oranje	60	30	50	32	75	32	—	82.5
Groot Auditorium incl. Tuinzaal	—	—	160	—	—	—	—	null
VD7 Vrouw Aaltje	270	80	145	110	190	—	70	322
Skylounge II	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	26
The Conference Room 2	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	31.6
Boardroom	—	—	—	—	—	8	—	18
Emerson II	80	36	56	40	70	29	28	82
Noorderpark	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	null
Vermeer 1 + 2	220	96	180	96	220	80	—	300
Regio 1 + 2	420	130	310	186	550	85	72	423
Salon 4 + 5 + 6	150	36	120	120	150	—	45	180
Keizersgracht	27	12	—	—	30	12	12	34
Opal 2	220	110	120	96	150	30	42	181
Dining Room + Pantry	68	—	48	—	—	—	—	121
Houtzaagmolen 2	35	15	20	22	—	20	16	50
Koningzaal II	35	20	24	25	45	20	18	55
Living Room	45	—	—	—	50	30	—	42.5
LOFT 2	120	60	150	90	250	42	38	285
Zaal 2-3-4 / Waalsprong 2-3-4	280	154	224	176	300	76	51	368
Zaal 24 t/m 28	500	200	250	250	500	—	—	500
The Record Club	35	—	—	—	40	—	30	150
Tuschinski I	60	32	56	—	80	22	—	95
Koepelzaal	375	200	270	200	400	—	54	450
Rotterdam Room I & II	120	60	96	—	120	—	48	134
Komodo	36	24	—	24	—	12	20	49
Theatre	120	—	—	—	—	—	—	185
Harmony Room	30	—	22	—	35	20	—	36
Amstel 1+2	300	100	170	160	—	—	—	320
Meeting Room 3	30	12	—	16	25	12	12	38
Dudok 1-2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	116.7
La Fontaine Room	350	176	300	144	350	60	54	410
Meeting Room B	32	12	—	—	40	8	12	34
Tuinzaal	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	null
Park Suites 1+2	100	48	80	48	—	28	36	135
Ferdinand Bol 3	40	24	30	18	50	24	18	43
Skylounge I	—	—	—	—	—	8	—	20
Council Chamber (Beraadzaal)	—	—	—	—	—	22	—	88
Combination Rembrandt 1, 2, 3 & corridor	280	127	—	—	360	—	—	335
Juliana I & II	120	60	80	64	100	40	48	144
Brasserie Mme Coco	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Salon 1 + 2	120	42	90	80	120	52	45	150
Bibliotheek	60	32	56	—	80	24	—	84
LOFT 3	100	60	100	70	150	46	36	258
The Gallery	—	—	—	—	—	8	—	20
Sky Bar	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
De Molenhoek 2-3	240	104	180	150	200	—	—	278
Zaal 5+6+7	360	96	180	168	375	120	102	340
Metternich I	26	13	20	16	—	12	11	30
Dalempoort	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	45
Parool Theatre	120	—	—	—	250	—	—	144
Cappuccino	50	18	40	30	50	—	20	57
The Conference Room 1	—	—	—	—	—	8	—	31.6
Meeting room 5+6+7	430	180	270	230	—	—	—	421
Regio 3 + 4 + 5	120	—	—	—	—	50	60	—
Hideout	—	—	12	—	—	—	—	15
Council Chamber II	120	45	90	64	125	32	23	122
Europa 1 + 2	350	—	—	—	—	—	50	300
Opal 1 & 2	440	200	200	120	250	50	75	312
Governor	60	35	40	36	150	30	30	110
Koningzaal III	140	50	80	90	175	40	46	140