According to him, this should be completed in two to four months. "We are working on making Guyana a tourist destination. We are doing some renovations on the hotel and hopefully we will be bringing tourists to Guyana," Tayanac stated.
In addition to the casino, Tayanac said that management plans to include entertainment centres in the Buddy's Princess Hotel premises and construction for this facility will commence in six months. The Princess Group of Companies is an international company with hotels all around the world.
Tayanac, who is in charge of operations in the Caribbean for the Caribbean and South America, said the company has hotels in twelve different countries. It is understood that Buddy's International Hotel was sold for us$ 15 million and the new owner plans to invest another us$ 10 million to upgrade it to a five star hotel.
The hotel is adjacent to the Providence Stadium, and it was completed just before the 2007 Cricket World Cup.