(The Luxury Collection Hotels in Buenos Aires

I stayed at the Park Tower, a Luxury Collection Hotel in 2011 and it was great. Unfortunately, 12 years later, the hotel is really rundown, poorly kept and my corner suite was terrible. I went to Buenos Aires to attend the Panamerican Congress of Ophthalmology and stayed 4 nights, March 16-20, 2023. Despite being Platinum, I could not check in to a room upon arrival to the hotel at 12:30 pm. So we went to the pool, but it was at the Sheraton Hotel next door. The pool chairs were very dirty looking and every single chair was stained; everything at the pool looked dirty, paint was peeling off surrounding walls and accessories were rusted. My room was extremely hot as the air conditioning did not work. When I asked someone to check the air conditioning, the person who came said to close the curtains if I wanted the room to cool off. What is the point of paying for a corner suite with windows on 2 sides if I have to keep the black out curtains closed? The shower flooded the bathroom floor and the person who came to check said it was fine. The shower flooded the bathroom floor daily. Housekeeping had to be called to make up the room every day in late afternoon. Towels were removed but not replaced in the same numbers. I had to use extra towels to dry the bathroom floor daily. The washcloths were also not replaced after the first day. There was a coffee machine but the coffee pods were not replaced. There was no turn down service. I paid for club access and found out that the club was at the Sheraton next door and only open from 2 pm to 8 pm, so no breakfast! The quality of the food was poor. There was one restaurant in the Park Tower hotel that served breakfast which was pretty good. Despite the elevator button indicating “Business Center” on the second floor of Park Tower Hotel, there is no Business Center at Park Tower - it is also at the Sheraton next door. Service is generally poor across the board - the concierge did not know whether the restaurant served lunch! He also would not call me a taxi to go to the Rural Convention Center when I asked. I am not sure why they are there if they don’t provide concierge services. I love Marriott Hotels and this hotel definitely does not meet the expectations or requirements of a Marriott Hotel. It is badly in need of renovations, repairs and personnel who are willing to provide good service. I enjoyed Buenos Aires very much despite staying in a terrible hotel because of fabulous restaurants such as Don Julio, Elena, Cabaña Las Lilas, Tango show and dinner at El Querandi and the beautiful city my friends and I saw in our private tour - Maria Corbalan Bespoke Tours provide fabulous service and should be a model for the Park Tower Hotel.