Shamaine Davis wants to help mould skills for Guyana’s tourism sector

Shamaine Davis

Eight years after joining the staff of the Roraima Group of Companies as a front desk clerk, Shamaine Davis believes she has positioned herself to significantly enhance the quality of service which the company offers to the tourism sector and to raise service delivery standards in the industry as a whole.

Having started, as she puts it, “at the bottom” she has secured a broad understanding of the industry as a whole. What has helped is that she has worked with a company that offers services to the sector that range from running an urban hotel that caters for overseas visitors, to operating an interior nature resort, the Arrow Point Nature Resort. “Working with Roraima has helped immensely,” she says.

What has helped too is the fact that Shemaine had long ago set her sights on working in the tourism industry. In 2006, she completed a first degree in Tourism Management at the University of Guyana and just a few weeks ago she returned to Guyana having