Adding some 'searchwords' for it
Dusseldorf, DUS, Holiday Inn Express, HIX

I am staying here for a conference at the fair center.

I can affirm the description above (especially the cleanliness as well as room equipement) and would like to add some parts:

- hotel staff is very very friendly and helpful, I am really nicely impressed and the breakfast is available with different rolls, ham, cheese, juice, eggs, marmelade, joghurt, cereals etc

- the double function of reception and lobby adds an interesting touch

- there is a free wifi in the lobby, which is not working for me, Internet is 4 Euro up to an hour in the room, 10 until 3 hours and 15 for 24 hours

- taxi ride into the city is about 12 euros, to the fair ground exactly 9,90 Euro by two taxis now

- if you take the s-bahn coming from the city you may encounter the direction Flughafen (airport) or Essen (another city nearby), when you get of the sbahn go to the direction you where driving to und go through the 'Unterführung' = go downstairs and then come out of the List-Strasse where you turn left at the next corner.

- if you want to look up streets in Germany, use Stadtplandienst.de as one of the best, or google maps:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=e...,0.021629&om=1

the hotel is at the corner Liststraße / Mercedesstrasse.

If you do not go through the underway, you end up at the (yellow) Münsterstraße which is a bit further away.

There is no safe in the room but I was able to give my laptop to the staff which would put it into the managers office and kept it for me.

Questions where answered quickly and helpful.

Platinum recognition was a drink voucher and as I was told a magazin (which I did not receive yet as I just notice) - as all rooms are the same there is not much to upgrade to. I did get a room in the 4th floor though.

They have a full bar including coffee as well as a candy machine and sell 2-3 magazines / newspapers.

I am paying 60 Euro per night and think this is a very nice value. It would have been nicer if I would have found in time the 2 in 1 promotion for 40 a night grrrrr.