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)
Diana zaal	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	40
Inspanning	60	30	50	40	60	28	25	100
Noordam	24	12	25	—	25	—	16	53
Boardrooms for up to 10 people	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	35
San Pietro	175	50	120	100	275	50	35	160
Vaalsbroekerhof	110	60	100	56	200	48	28	130
De kasteeltuinen	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Jan Toorop zaal	200	—	150	120	200	50	46	250
Blauwe Zaal	25	20	32	—	40	20	—	55
Ambassador Club	52	—	60	—	75	—	—	—
Great Room 2	100	60	72	—	140	60	25	137.3
Meeting Room 1+2	160	70	100	100	—	56	40	182
Calla 2+3	350	192	220	184	400	—	54	352
The Lobbybar	—	—	—	—	120	—	—	110
Combination Rembrandt 1, 2 & 3	220	100	150	—	300	—	—	276
Serre	60	—	40	—	60	—	—	—
Watermolen	30	17	—	30	—	20	18	60
CP Lounge	45	16	20	24	60	52	16	50
Watersnip	40	24	49	35	59	30	24	90
Saxenburg Galleries I	—	—	—	—	—	8	—	null
Meeting Space 2	72	36	48	40	80	40	34	110
The Cornelis-Kromhout Room	90	—	—	—	120	60	50	135
Zaal 3+4	100	60	72	64	100	44	38	181
Haven Boardroom	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	null
Odyssee Room	350	100	300	120	350	76	48	400
Kandinsky	—	—	14	—	—	14	—	27.3
Posbank 1+2+3+4	250	—	—	150	—	—	—	356
Focus 4	45	19	—	31	50	24	19	60
Prinsengracht 2	24	12	—	—	—	12	15	27
Zaal 1+2+3+4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	365
Amsterdam 1	100	48	—	50	—	32	30	145
Koningzaal I+II	95	70	72	65	120	52	42	135
The Conference Arena	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	22.6
Drawing Room	45	—	26	—	—	24	—	50
PC Hooftstraat	50	18	—	30	—	22	18	60
Salon C	95	63	60	48	100	36	36	90
Ginger + Coriander	130	54	—	84	155	—	—	200
Studio 3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	55
Hub 1 t/m 4	110	34	70	70	160	38	36	115
Hollandia A & B	150	84	90	72	140	42	38	130
Zaal 4+5+6	—	—	70	—	140	—	—	140
Zaal 3-4 / Waalsprong 3-4	180	98	144	146	180	56	41	248
Machine Room 1+2+3	100	42	—	56	100	40	26	101
Vollenhoven	80	40	60	50	60	44	40	100
Sydney 1+2+3	400	—	—	216	—	—	—	435
Verwondering	150	60	100	60	200	39	31	144
Emerald – Single	81	27	50	32	60	18	24	71
Red Room	—	—	10	—	—	10	—	20
Victoria Lounge	—	—	—	—	50	—	—	119
Oranjerie	140	60	—	72	—	36	30	null
Nexus	—	—	80	—	120	—	—	60
Admiralty	110	—	100	56	150	—	—	144
Zaal 1 + 2 + 3 (or Zaal 3 + 4 + 5)	96	64	72	64	140	48	32	135
Rietveld 1-2	80	38	—	—	80	—	32	78.1
Zaal 5+6	240	64	120	112	250	80	68	225
Amstel 1	200	60	100	100	—	—	40	195
Meeting Room 1+2	90	32	—	44	80	40	28	95
Timor	36	24	—	24	—	12	20	51
Panorama 4-5	66	24	80	—	66	24	22	132
Maximum	90	—	80	80	200	—	—	156
Meeting room 8+9 + Foyer	342	108	230	140	—	—	—	439
Meeting Suites	—	—	—	—	8	—	—	null
Oudegracht 2-3-4-5	380	128	—	160	—	—	—	400
Rotterdam 2	60	36	50	48	80	40	28	110
6. Crispa	50	39	—	—	—	—	25	74
Brussel	125	50	150	80	—	32	32	250
New York 1	260	120	220	136	250	—	58	295
Residentie + Oranje	270	110	200	110	450	72	—	317
Library & Study	—	—	12	—	—	12	—	23.8
Amsterdam 2 t/m 5	540	108	336	265	400	—	—	637
Drum	54	—	24	—	—	—	20	62
Tuinzaal	20	—	16	—	30	12	—	35
P1 + P2 + P3 (Amstelpark + Vondelpark + Westerpark)	140	48	112	80	175	—	—	195
Salon 2 + 3	120	42	90	80	120	46	40	144
Rotterdam Hall I & II	1100	360	600	550	1000	148	100	—
Pearl 1&2 / Pearl 2&3	381	265	280	176	480	—	—	450
Christina Salon	30	14	40	30	60	15	18	80
Emerson I + II	160	80	112	96	150	36	38	159
Biesbosch 2	200	—	120	120	200	44	35	280
Foyer	—	—	—	—	100	—	—	109
The Prinsenkamer	—	—	20	—	60	—	—	85
Coolsingel Suite	110	63	70	49	120	61	36	155
Kolfschoten I & II	60	—	—	32	—	24	20	75
Achtervliet + Wetering + Steenenhoek	120	60	96	58	184	63	61	152
Arkelpoort	—	—	—	—	—	12	—	45
Binnentuin	450	88	200	135	450	—	—	286
De Grote Fabriek (combi)	—	—	88	—	150	—	—	147
Meeting Rooms 7 + 8	180	72	120	96	185	36	45	168
Combination Rembrandt 1, 2 & 3	220	100	150	—	300	—	—	276
Regio 2	250	112	198	114	350	60	48	238
Wintertuin	400	—	250	240	—	—	46	482
Matterhorn I & II	250	180	84	120	—	—	44	267
Stroom	30	—	—	28	—	28	18	63
Meeting Suite 11	15	8	—	12	—	—	—	29
Salon Paul Kruger	30	—	24	—	40	16	12	49
Ferdinand Bol 4	50	30	40	24	60	28	23	55
Amalia	68	40	40	30	60	20	18	113
Hojel	60	30	40	40	75	30	27	94
Van der Meij-hall	—	—	—	—	100	—	—	—
Foyer Amstel	—	—	80	—	180	—	—	—