The Tri-Star Hotel
Solihull and the NEC
0.76 miles from ibis
Best for: Consider it if you need the hotel's own car park
Not on BookingPrice not listed
Hotel
ibis Birmingham Airport - NEC
Solihull and the NEC, 7.3 miles from New Street. What follows is the practical detail: distances, parking, who it suits and where it does not.
Our verdict
On Ambassador Rd in Solihull and the NEC, 7.3 miles from New Street: that is where ibis Birmingham Airport - NEC sits. It is on the NEC and Resorts World complex, so the halls are a walk rather than a drive.
Only one of the Birmingham destinations we measure is within fifteen minutes on foot from here: the NEC Birmingham, about 15 minutes. Everything else means transport.
It holds 8.1 out of 10 on Booking from 7,880 reviews, an unusually large sample. That is 0.4 below the 8.5 average across the other 3 rated properties we compare in Solihull and the NEC.
In the pricing snapshot behind this guide it listed at around £82 a night. It is a snapshot rather than a live rate, and it will not match your dates.
Its closest neighbour in our selection is Novotel Birmingham Airport, 56 metres away. Against that one, this hotel usually costs less.
The Novotel sits on the same road and the comparison is mostly about how much hotel you want at an airport. This is the budget end: a smaller room, fewer services and a rate roughly a third below its neighbour. For a night before a flight, where you are asleep for most of the stay, that trade usually favours this one.
It qualifies for our cheap hotels comparison, which is a reasonable shorthand for what it is good at.
Set against that, the city centre is 7.3 miles away, so an evening in town needs a plan for the journey back.
Practical details checked: September 2026
Parking at ibis Birmingham Airport - NEC
We could not establish a parking arrangement for this property from a source we trust, so this page does not claim one. A blank here means unknown, not none.
Distances from ibis Birmingham Airport - NEC
| Destination | Straight line | On foot |
|---|---|---|
| Birmingham New Street Station | 7.3 miles11.7 km | Not a walk |
| Utilita Arena Birmingham | 8.1 miles13.0 km | Not a walk |
| the Bullring | 7.1 miles11.4 km | Not a walk |
| the ICC and Symphony Hall | 7.8 miles12.6 km | Not a walk |
| the NEC Birmingham | 0.54 miles0.87 km | around 15 minutes |
| Birmingham Airport | 0.73 miles1.2 km | around 20 minutes |
Distances are straight-line, calculated from each property's own coordinates. Walking times are derived from those distances with an allowance for street routing, so treat them as indicative for comparing hotels against each other rather than as measured route times.
What we could establish
- Listed on Booking
- Bar, Facilities for disabled guests, Family rooms, Flat-screen TV, Free WiFi, Good breakfast, Luggage storage, Non-smoking rooms, Pets allowed, Private bathroom, Restaurant, Shower
Booking’s own amenity list for this property, recorded as published. It is not part of what we verified above.
A facility missing from this list means we did not establish it, not that the hotel lacks it. We do not fill gaps with assumptions.
In context
How it compares with the rest of the selection
- Closeness to New Street
- 67th of the 85 properties we compare, measured from coordinates
- Closeness to Utilita Arena
- 68th of 85
- Guest rating within Solihull and the NEC
- 4th of 4 rated properties in the area
- Price within Solihull and the NEC
- 0 of 4 properties in the area sit in a lower band
- Other properties within 500 metres
- 1 in our selection
Positions are worked out across all 85 properties we compare, using straight-line distance from coordinates and the price band each property normally sits in.
Where it sits
On the map
Ibis Birmingham Airport - Hotels on this pageRailway stationsThis hotel
Roads, canals, parks and stations from OpenStreetMap. The steel dot is this hotel, the darker dots are other properties we compare, and the named points are New Street and the five landmarks closest to this address.
Compare it with these
Novotel Birmingham Airport
Solihull and the NEC
0.04 miles from ibis
Best for: Consider it as a comparable option in the same part of the city
8.3/104,326 reviewsMid-range
Crowne Plaza Birmingham Nec by IHG
Solihull and the NEC
0.71 miles from ibis
Best for: Consider it if a pool matters
8.5/103,753 reviewsMid-range
Common questions
Does ibis Birmingham Airport - NEC have parking?
We could not establish a parking arrangement for this property from a source we trust, so we are not going to guess. If you are driving, ask the hotel directly before you book.
How far is it from Birmingham New Street Station?
7.3 miles, which is too far to walk. From the centre that is a drive, a taxi or a train depending on where you are coming from.
Where this hotel appears on the site
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