The tale of two Marriotts: Haiti’s hotel opens on time, without gov’t $$

By Stabroek News On In Guyana News |
Prices at the Haiti Marriott will start at US$149 a night, for an introductory period before rising to US$179 a night. Pedestrians walk past the Marriott Port-au-Prince Hotel in Port-au-Prince February 24, 2015. (Reuters)
Prices at the Haiti Marriott will start at US$149 a night, for an introductory period before rising to US$179 a night. Pedestrians walk past the Marriott Port-au-Prince Hotel in Port-au-Prince February 24, 2015. (Reuters)

On Tuesday, the new 175-room US$45M Marriott Hotel in Port-au-Prince, Haiti was opened on budget, on time and without government funding while Guyana’s hotel project is yet to be inaugurated and has been heavily dependent on financing from the state.

The 197-room US$58M Guyana Marriott has been under consideration since 2004.

Guyana’s Government formulated a private-public partnership initiative to complete the hotel according to