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Marriott Hotel project still on

Mar 11, 2011 News

…but silence on any progress

The government yesterday insisted that the Marriott Hotel project is still on, but is mum on any progress.
“The Marriott Hotel is still on; I would hesitate to go further on that,” government’s chief spokesman Dr Roger Luncheon said yesterday.
“The details I don’t have,” Luncheon added when asked about investors in the project.
He said the government is making “diligent efforts” to ensure the project becomes a reality.
The administration’s position of holding back on developments with the project, or lack thereof, is the same as Marriot International.
Recently, Paula Butler, Senior Director for Global Communications at Marriott International told Kaieteur News that she had no updates to offer on the project. Butler told Kaieteur News via telephone that the only information she had is what was issued by Marriott International in June 2010 when they announced the project.
On that occasion, Marriott International had stated that the state-of-the-art architectural and interior design concept for the Guyana Project would be created by the firm of Urbahn Architects (New York).
In July, the government placed advertisements in the newspapers asking for interested contractors to make pre-qualification applications for construction of the hotel in the Kingston area, adjacent to the Pegasus Hotel.
It was noted that the hotel will be operated by Marriott International, and be built according to Marriott standards.
The works include the construction and erection of a 200,000 square feet, 160-rooms hotel facility along with a 75,000 square feet “entertainment complex” outfitted with common services areas/amenities that will house a casino, restaurant, nightclub, and other spaces that will be rented.
In addition to interested contractors registering with Atlantic Hotel Inc. (AHI) – which address was given as 126 Barrack Street, Kingston, and which houses the offices of the National Industrial & Commercial Investments Ltd. (N.I.C.I.L) – a pre-qualification statement must be submitted within a deadline period.
Contractors had until August 20, 2010, to make an application to be pre-qualified.

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