Chinese company to build US$51M Marriott hotel

The sod turning ceremony for the long-awaited and controversial Marriott Guyana Georgetown hotel was held today in Kingston and it was disclosed that a Chinese company will be constructing the US$51M edifice.

The revelation that China’s Shanghai Construction Group will be undertaking the building of the project came two days after the disclosure of the secret signing of a deal in Jamaica for another Chinese company to undertake the construction of a new terminal at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri and the expansion of its runway.

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