Rohee says…
Mr Clement Rohee, Minister of Home Affairs
Mr Clement Rohee, Minister of Home Affairs

Mariott very critical to Guyana
…will offer tremendous amount of jobs

GENERAL Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Clement Rohee yesterday reiterated the need for the Marriott Hotel in Guyana to decide how it will offer employment to a considerable number of Guyanese.Rohee was speaking at the Party’s weekly press conference at its headquarters, Freedom House, Robb Street, Georgetown.
“Marriott is very critical to Guyana, because it will offer a tremendous amount of jobs,” he said, adding that it will also contribute positively to tourism in the country.
“Development has to be all-embracing,” Rohee said. “If you look at other countries in the Caribbean, you will see that their developmental process has not been of the type like Guyana. Guyana’s developmental process has been multifaceted; agricultural, industrial, human, services sector.”
The hotel industry falls within the ambit of the Services Sector, which Rohee observed is a growing sector within the global economy.
“The Services Sector is actually the largest sector in the global economy and Guyana has to be a player in that respect,” he said. “So we have to look at the Marriott Hotel in the context of the services sector and Guyana’s desire to play a meaningful role in that sector.”
At a previous press briefing, the PPP made it clear that the Marriott Hotel will not be “a white elephant”. He maintained that the PPP has never discriminated between any form of investment in Guyana, and it will not do so in the future.
The principal investors in the Atlantic Hotel Incorporated (AHI) Marriott Hotel Guyana project and Entertainment Complex) are the National Industrial and Commercial Investment Limited (NICIL) and the British Virgin Islands-registered ACE Square Investments Ltd.
Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon had said the Marriott Hotel is likely to be the “benchmark of excellence” in the hotel industry.
The hotel, expected to provide ‘world-class accommodation and services’, will boast 197 rooms, with a large ballroom, a conference centre, a 14,000 square foot casino, a 6,400 square foot night club, and an 8,300 square foot restaurant.
Guyana now represents the 72nd country in the world with the hotel brand. It also represents 3,600 hotels in the world, with 23 brands, and employs some 129,000 associates.

(By Telesha Ramnarine)

SHARE THIS ARTICLE :
Facebook
Twitter
WhatsApp

Leave a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

All our printed editions are available online
emblem3
Subscribe to the Guyana Chronicle.
Sign up to receive news and updates.
We respect your privacy.