Holiday Inn Express London ExCeL

The Holiday Inn Express London ExCeL is a modern hotel close to the ExCeL exhibition centre in London’s Docklands. It has good transport connections into central London and it can represent a good value accommodation option if you stay here when there are no events scheduled at ExCeL.

It is a modern hotel with 204 guest rooms. All rooms have comfortable beds, a work desk, a flat-screen TV, ironing facilities, tea and coffee making facilities and en suite bathrooms. Some of the double rooms are wheelchair accessible.

A standard double room at the Holiday Inn Express London ExCeL. (Photo: IHG)
A standard double room at the Holiday Inn Express London ExCeL. (Photo: IHG Hotels & Resorts)
A twin room. (Photo: IHG)
A twin room. (Photo: IHG Hotels & Resorts)
A guest bathroom. (Photo: IHG)
A guest bathroom. (Photo: IHG Hotels & Resorts)

An Express Start buffet breakfast (included in your room rate) is served in the restaurant area on the ground floor. The Great Room restaurant is also open for dinner and includes a bar and a vending area with 24-hour snacks and drinks.

An Express Start breakfast is included in your room rate. (Photo: IHG)
An Express Start breakfast is included in your room rate. (Photo: IHG Hotels & Resorts)
Inside the hotel’s Great Room bar and restaurant. (Photo: IHG)
Inside the hotel’s Great Room bar and restaurant. (Photo: IHG Hotels & Resorts)
The hotel’s lounge bar. (Photo: IHG)
The hotel’s lounge bar. (Photo: IHG Hotels & Resorts)
The outdoor terrace is a lovely spot for a drink on a sunny day. (Photo: IHG)
The outdoor terrace is a lovely spot for a drink on a sunny day. (Photo: IHG Hotels & Resorts)

There is free wired internet access in all rooms, but Wi-Fi wireless internet access is only free for IHG One Rewards members. It is free to join the IHG loyalty programme and free Wi-Fi is available to all members of the programme, even those on the entry-level tier.

The Holiday Inn Express London ExCeL hotel can be an affordable accommodation option when there are no events scheduled at ExCeL. (Photo: IHG)
The Holiday Inn Express London ExCeL hotel can be an affordable accommodation option when there are no events scheduled at ExCeL. (Photo: IHG Hotels & Resorts)

Like other hotels near ExCeL, prices at the Holiday Inn Express London ExCeL can vary a lot with significantly higher prices when there is a big event at ExCeL. However, it can also be a reasonably affordable place to stay when there is nothing on at ExCeL.

The hotel is less than a 10-minute walk from the ExCeL exhibition and convention centre and less than a 20-minute walk from the terminal building at London City Airport. It is part of a cluster of hotels near ExCeL (which also include a Travelodge, a Hampton by Hilton, a Premier Inn, a Moxy, the Aloft London ExCeL and the DoubleTree by Hilton ExCeL).

The immediate neighbourhood feels barren with the elevated DLR rail line on one side of the road and a row of hotels on the other side. The surrounding area has very little in the way of local character with the exception of the Fox @ Connaught pub, which is a six-minute walk from the hotel. However, the hotel is only a one-minute walk from the waterfront where you can find a nice (but somewhat desolate and windswept) waterfront promenade with views of London City Airport.

It is a two-minute walk from Royal Albert DLR station, which is around a 20-minute ride from The City with trains running every eight minutes or so.

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Amenities
  • Parking (paid)
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Wheelchair access
  • Non smoking rooms
  • 24-hour reception
  • Connecting rooms available
  • Cots available
  • Ironing facilities in room
  • Tea and coffee making facilities
  • Flat screen television
  • En suite bathroom
  • Hairdryer
  • Cafe/restaurant
  • Bar
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