Georgetown
For all intents and purposes, meeting and event planning in Guyana means doing so in its capital, Georgetown, where most Guyana event venues are found. Most of the country's population lives there or along its adjacent stretches of Caribbean coastline. Formerly run by the Dutch (its neighbor Suriname still is) and then by the British, Guyana has been independent for more than 40 years. It is the only English-speaking country in South America, although the lingua franca is often Creole.
Guyana's international airport is Cheddi Jagan International (GEO), which is 25 miles south of Georgetown and named for a former Guyanese president. It has service from the North American cities of Miami and New York City.
Chief among venues in Guyana is the Guyana International Conference Centre in the Georgetown suburb of Liliendaal, which is the country's main meeting point. Opened in early 2006, it includes five meeting rooms and a conference hall that seats 372 persons.
Hotel venues in Georgetown include the 130-room
Pegasus Hotel Guyana, which has large function rooms for meetings and receptions of up to 450 persons; the 70-room Ocean Vie…