Ogle for US$75m Marriott-branded hotel

John Aboud

Targeting oil and gas business travellers, another Marriott-branded hotel, the AC Marriott, is expected to be established here in another two and a half years near the Ogle Inter-national Airport, the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) yesterday announced.

Trinidad and Tobago businessman John Aboud of Amalgamated Security Services Limited is the investor behind the Five Star US$75M, 150-room hotel, which government holding company, NICIL said is expected to create about 400 jobs during its construction phase and some 200 permanent jobs when it is done.

“Trinuyana Investments Incorporated of Guyana recently signed an Agreement with the Nation to develop a world class, iconic, select service, internationally branded hotel-AC Marriott Hotel,” NICIL yesterday revealed in a press release.