Gran Hotel Provincial, Mar del Plata

The NH Gran Hotel Provincial is a five star establishment in Mar del Plata. It is one of a pair of twin buildings designed by architect Alejandro Bustillo. Inspired by seafront Hotel du Palais in Biarritz, France. Completed in 1948, the 500-room establishment was inaugurated on February 18, 1950, and was long the largest in Argentina.

The operation of the publicly-owned hotel was privatized under licence to the local Empresa Hotelera Americana in the early 1990s, though ongoing losses led to the agreement's rescission at the end of 1998; unable to finance its operation, the province kept the hotel shuttered from that date. The province obtained an investment bid from the Madrid-based NH Hotels Group for the Gran Provincial's reopening, in April 2008. Following refurbishment works directed by local architect Alejandro Novakovsky and totalling nearly US$30 million, the hotel was re-inaugurated on February 8, 2009. Its 77,500 square metres (834,000 sq ft) of floor space includes 469 rooms and 12 suites, as well as a convention center.

The hotel has hosted numerous Mar del Plata Film Festivals, as well as the 2010 Ibero-American Summit. Its more notable international guests have included actors Gina Lollobrigida and Paul Newman, as well as U.S. Presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Dwight Eisenhower.