Marriott principal sponsors of inaugural Guyana marathon, half-marathon and 10km events 

Guyana Marriott’s Director of Sales and Marketing, Denisse Olivo handing over the sponsorship cheque to Leslie Blacks yesterday in the presence of athletes and staff of the hotel. (Orlando Charles photo)

The Guyana Marriott in its first official sponsorship venture of a sporting activity has agreed to be the main partner of the inaugural Guyana Marathon, half-marathon and 10km events in November.

This and other details were unveiled yesterday at the hotel’s Block Alpha, Kingston location during a briefing with the media and the top brass of the event’s organizing committee.

“We are pleased and proud to be officially onboard with such an event which will be for charity and the betterment of a community,” Marriott’s Director of Sales and Marketing, Denisse Olivo said yesterday. The pact’s financial magnitude was undisclosed but was