Marriott International will be opening its first Marriott branded hotel in Guyana in 2013.

The 160-room Georgetown Marriott Hotel is on track to receive LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification from the US Green Building Council and thus to be the company's first LEED hotel in the Caribbean and Latin America. The property will operate under a management agreement with Atlantic Hotel Inc, which is currently owned by the Government of Guyana as part of a public-private partnership between the government of Guyana and private sector investors.

Speaking on behalf of the government, Guyanan president Bharrat Jagdeo said, "This public-private partnership project will transform the hospitality landscape and can be expected to encourage more travel and tourism development for our nation. "The project will be more an integrated entertainment complex ideally located at the corner of the Atlantic Ocean and Demerara River with a casino, night club, restaurant and boardwalk."

The hotel's architectural and interior design concept will be created by New York, US-based Urbahn Architects.