Patrick’s Taxi Service, owned and operated by Patrick Brassington, has been granted a contract with the Marriott Hotel as the sole provider of taxi services to the hotel brand.

Winston Brassington

This came to light even as there is no word on any tender ever being made to the public seeking a taxi service for the newly commissioned hotel, which has on its board of Directors, Brassington’s brother, Winston Brassington, who is also the Chairman of Atlantic Hotel Inc. (AHI).
Patrick’s taxi, which is based in Cowan Street, Georgetown, was first registered as a taxi service on May 19, 2011.
Owner of Pegasus Hotel, Robert Badal, explained that in the case of hotels, many people are granted contracts for supplying taxi services, rather than one. According to him, there is a good reason for that.
According to the businessman, if there is ever a dispute between the hotel and the taxi service and they withdraw their service, it would result in numerous guests being stranded.
Badal went on to lay out the correct procedure, stating that in his operation it is not a first come first serve. He also said that prospective taxi services go through a complete vetting process, to determine the best services that will be granted contracts.
The Guyana Marriott Hotel was officially commissioned on Thursday, amid protests from social activists during the opening ceremony. The protestors were forcibly restrained by officers of the police force, even as the President’s entourage swept past them into the Marriott compound.