Which hotel hosted Lennon and Ono's Amsterdam Bed-In for Peace?

John Lennon and Yoko Ono held their Amsterdam Bed-In for Peace at the Amsterdam Hilton. After marrying in Gibraltar on March 20, 1969, the couple turned their honeymoon into a highly publicized anti-war demonstration rather than a conventional vacation.

From March 25 to 31, they stayed in the hotel’s presidential suite, room 702. Each day, they invited journalists into the room from morning until evening, appearing in bed in pajamas and discussing peace, nonviolence, and the Vietnam War. Signs reading “Hair Peace” and “Bed Peace” reinforced the deliberately playful visual message.

The Amsterdam event is often confused with the second Bed-In, held later that year at Montreal’s Queen Elizabeth Hotel. During the Montreal gathering, Lennon and Ono recorded “Give Peace a Chance.” The Amsterdam Bed-In, by contrast, is the one associated with the Hilton and with the couple’s first major 1969 peace campaign staged after their wedding.