The sod has been turned for the construction of the 152-room AC Marriott Hotel at Ogle, East Coast Demerara. Delivering the feature address at the ceremony on Thursday, President Irfaan Ali said the investment will see the hotel expanding its regional horizon.
“…because you have now not only invested in the continuous culture of the Caribbean, but you are now officially in South America. So, our investment today is going beyond the CARICOM region,” he told the investors.
President Ali said the hotel is being built at a time when the East Coast corridor is undergoing a massive infrastructural transformation with the construction of the Ogle to Eccles four-lane highway link, and a new highway road from Conversation Tree Road to central Georgetown.
These developments, he said, will be supported by an expanded Eugene F. Correira International Airport, which is located in the vicinity where the hotel and soon-to-be-built world-class medical facilities and multinational headquarters.
Some 300 acres of land will also be developed for upscale housing by private developers, while another 2,000 acres for middle, high and low-income houses, the head-of-state said.
Even as Guyana continues to attract local and international investors, simultaneously, the government is working to create the necessary framework and infrastructure to support these investments. It is for this reason President Ali said, the administration is aggressively pursuing several initiatives that will position Guyana as a leading tourism destination in the world.
(Extracted and Modified from DPI)
