Another megahotel will enhance the number of available rooms in the country. Suriname’s Pasha Global and Blue Bridge Inc are building a hotel in Liliendaal, East Coast Demerara, which will contain 500 rooms
The first phase of this project, which includes the construction of 150 rooms, is now ongoing and is expected to be completed in 2024. According to Lalit Sharma, Blue Bridge Inc’s project director, the second phase, which includes 350 rooms, should be completed by the end of 2025. According to Sharma, the hotel will be a prominent part of the Georgetown skyline while simultaneously providing rooms for 1000 guests. After the hotel is finished, at least 800 direct jobs and 1500 indirect jobs will be available.
The director of Blue Bridge Assets urged attendees of the sod-turning event to take advantage of the government’s GOAL scholarship program, which enables students to get a degree in the hospitality industry, citing a critical shortage of competent workers.
Pasha Global Group is a casino investment company that builds and operates casinos and hotels in multiple countries. The company now owns the Tropicana Hotel Paramaribo, Savannah Hotel, Mirage Hotel, and Atlantis Hotel in Paramaribo, Suriname. It already has a foothold in Guyana, with the Carnival Casino on Church Street which opened its doors in December 2020.