THE Marriott Hotel is set to open its doors in 24 hours and the Private Sector Commission (PSC) is loud in praise of the project, confident that its realisation will ignite many other developments similar in nature, even as it also calls for an emulation of the human resource practices across the local business spectrum.

Following a tour of the facility ahead of its opening tomorrow, the PSC over the weekend, by way of a public missive, has placed on record the fact it “would like to congratulate the Government of Guyana for initiating such a visionary project, the Marriott Group for being patient and resilient despite the various challenges and Republic Bank for seeing the merit of such a project and contributing to the financing arrangements.”

According to the PSC, “It augurs well for the country and the business community, when a global brand such as Marriott and a reputable regional finance institution such as Republic Bank choose to do business in Guyana…We are also confident that the investments made and incentives provided by the Government of Guyana to materialise this project will bear the fruits expected.”

Over the weekend, the PSC by way of its public missive noted too that the private sector umbrella body, “is impressed” by the quality of facilities and the planned services to be offered by the internationally branded hotel.

“The PSC is of the view that the introduction of these facilities and the quality of service will contribute significantly to raising the standards of the local hospitality industry and would be a great complement to boost the growth of the tourism sector in our country and create an improved business environment…We are convinced that the opening of the Marriott Hotel will ignite many other developments of similar nature in the future.”

The PSC, headed by Ramesh Persaud, over the weekend stated that during a tour of the facility, “We also received insights into the Marriott’s recruiting and training methodology and were very satisfied to see many young Guyanese workers being highly motivated to be of service to the various global visitors that will eventually be utilising the services of the international hotel.”

The PSC president by way of the public missive noted too that “many on the tour share the view that the Human Resource practices of the Marriott Hotel are worthy of emulating in their businesses.”

It was pointed out that the hotel’s General Manager, Roberto Grisi, highlighted the Marriot’s ethical principle of only partnering with reputable, law abiding local suppliers of goods and services as they will not be procuring goods and services from persons unless they can prove that their businesses are in compliance with the laws of the country.

“A hotel of this standard has been one of the projects that the PSC has been advocating for a very long time and we were very pleased to endorse the project from the inception.”

The Marriott is an international brand familiar to business owners and travellers globally due to their quality of services, and “we are happy that many of our business partners and stakeholders will now be able to access a comparable service as they would in most other parts of the world.”

The PSC observed too that the ecosystem of business is global and this hotel will definitely contribute to Guyana being a part of that space and network of business travellers.

“We have no doubt that the Marriott Hotel will raise the image of businesses in our country when our international stakeholders choose to stay there during their visits to Guyana.”

By Gary Eleazar