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)
J.P. Coen I	35	20	18	20	30	20	—	43
White I	32	16	32	—	40	18	14	49
Zaal 1+2+3	225	120	—	146	—	90	70	286
Marie's Sundeck	—	—	16	—	35	—	—	50
Zambezi	60	26	60	38	75	28	24	73
Plaza Suite 1	30	18	20	20	—	16	14	36
Rotterdam Room I	40	20	32	—	50	—	18	58
Ferdinand Bol 3 & 4	90	50	70	42	100	44	38	98
Flow	56	20	—	—	—	20	24	79.8
Library	—	—	8	—	—	6	—	11.9
Vermeer 1	110	48	90	48	110	40	30	146
Birmingham 1	25	12	20	16	30	12	14	32.5
P1 + P2 (Amstelpark + Vondelpark)	100	48	80	56	120	—	—	134
Serre	80	—	70	50	100	40	30	140
Amsterdam 2 + 3	344	68	208	165	250	—	—	436
Singel 2	35	10	30	20	40	10	10	58
Koningzaal I+II+III	250	90	152	170	295	100	84	275
Amstelpark + Beatrixpark + Rembrandtpark	150	70	100	60	160	56	50	178
De Lelie (combi)	90	40	48	48	—	—	34	107
Sydney 3+4+5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	355
Oranje + Park	120	60	100	85	200	60	—	165
Copper Study	—	—	10	—	—	10	—	null
Zaal 29+30	160	64	80	80	160	52	37	161
Meeting Space 1	72	36	48	40	80	36	30	100
Matterhorn I & II & III	450	240	250	210	—	—	60	381
Foyer	—	—	56	—	150	—	—	195
Specht	40	24	35	35	40	27	20	72
Wetering + Steenenhoek	80	54	64	57	48	38	35	112
Regio 4 + 5	110	50	96	52	100	50	44	—
Hub 7	50	16	20	25	75	20	18	50
Otter/Esperance	155	114	110	72	170	84	67	—
Vechtestein 3	130	56	100	70	130	44	42	144
Brussel	25	12	24	18	20	16	16	50
Zaal 3	80	—	50	60	90	32	28	105
Java	—	—	12	—	—	12	—	47
Emerald – Triple	277	150	170	96	225	32	66	215
Rotterdam Hall I	500	180	300	250	500	96	74	437
Boardroom	—	—	—	—	—	6	—	15
Cosmopolitan / Grazia / Bazaar	30	12	—	21	—	20	15	44
Amsterdam 1+2+3	175	80	100	120	250	72	46	174
Eiland van Dordrecht 2-3-4	160	—	100	110	—	—	—	—
Europa 1	110	50	96	100	—	40	34	157
Colorado	30	16	30	22	30	20	16	52
De Molenhoek 2	120	52	80	73	130	48	38	139
Zaal Staal	350	130	250	150	400	100	70	420
Grand Ballroom	700	346	320	320	600	50	90	510
Zaal 24	100	40	50	50	100	30	27	100
Regio 5	78	28	72	36	100	34	26	100
Meeting Rooms 7, 8	80	36	50	40	91	24	27	84
Plastic Whale	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	42
Atlantic Promenade	—	—	—	—	300	—	—	276
Wilhelmina	40	18	—	16	50	16	16	70
Zurich I	136	90	63	63	—	—	34	144
Singel 2	40	24	—	—	30	18	15	33
Valk	40	18	30	30	40	20	17	72
Eiland van Dordrecht 1-2-3	180	—	130	120	—	—	—	—
Machine Room 1+2	36	18	—	20	—	20	18	52
Sydney 1+2	300	—	—	144	—	—	—	330
Prince II	50	27	30	30	60	24	16	64
Staten	85	40	70	48	100	35	—	108
Harlowe	40	24	28	—	40	17	18	46
Plaza Suite 2	45	32	30	26	—	20	20	46
Griffioen	150	88	—	48	—	64	47	—
Posbank 1+2 (or 2+3)	120	—	—	80	—	—	—	190
SALT restaurant	—	—	—	—	120	—	—	null
Singel 3	60	30	60	40	100	20	20	90
Rotterdam Room II	60	30	48	—	70	—	24	72
Study	—	—	8	—	—	6	—	11.9
Wine Vault (Wine Cellar)	—	—	24	—	40	10	10	37.1
2e Kamer	28	20	20	16	30	16	14	32
Rome	25	12	24	18	20	16	16	50
Zaal 5+6	—	—	45	—	90	—	—	90
Doornburg 1 + 2 + 3	120	80	100	90	110	—	—	192
Boardroom 4	—	—	—	—	—	10	—	30
Penthouse Suite	—	—	12	—	25	12	—	170
Meeting room 6	134	52	90	90	—	50	28	166
Meeting Room 1+2	220	—	122	81	200	44	40	210
Directievertrek Plate	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	45
M2 + M3 (Dappermarkt + Nieuwmarkt)	90	40	72	52	115	—	—	128
Foyer 2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	190
Zaal 1 / Waalsprong 1	100	57	64	71	100	44	37	120
Salons A+B / B+C (combined)	190	126	160	90	220	—	36	188
Passage	—	—	110	—	120	—	—	115
Zaal 4+5	212	64	—	100	—	56	52	268
VD2 Drie Gebroeders	—	—	—	—	—	—	24	92
Hoog Catharijne	60	30	32	36	75	30	26	58
Anna Pavlova Champagne Lounge	—	—	10	—	35	14	8	39
Private Bar	—	—	—	—	80	—	—	80
Marijnen I & II	30	—	—	20	—	16	12	50
Brussel 1+2+3	380	166	300	—	—	—	—	—
Chili	100	36	—	60	95	16	20	127
Londen 2	75	—	80	60	—	30	26	150
Studio 3	—	—	8	—	—	12	10	30
Glasgow 2	25	12	20	16	30	12	14	32.5
Huygens	60	—	—	50	—	—	24	107
Irene + Christina Salon	50	30	50	52	70	30	28	117
Zaal 5	80	40	40	48	75	32	24	114
Combination Rembrandt 1 & 2	156	64	—	—	—	44	34	174
Jordaan	50	28	—	32	—	28	24	88
Combination Rembrandt 1 & 2	156	64	—	—	—	44	34	174