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Chairman of Superior Hotels Limited John Aboud told TV6 News, his company's vision to bring the MARRIOTT brand to Tobago did not come by the notion of stealing away Tobago people's lands.

In an exclusive interview with reporter Elizabeth Williams, Mr. Aboud wants to clear the air on establishing the $500 million hotel in Tobago. More in this report.
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00:00This happened as a result of an ad we saw in the local newspapers by E-Tech
00:07inviting interested investors to make proposals to develop this bay. Let's be
00:15clear on that. Chairman of Superior Hotels Limited John
00:19Abood told TV6 News that his next move was to contact the Marriott Hotel about
00:26their feelings on bringing their brand to Tobago. We spoke with Mr. Abood in
00:31Porto, Spain. We called Marriott. He said listen we're looking to do a project in
00:36Tobago. We're looking to submit for a project in Tobago. What is Marriott's
00:41position? Would you all support us? And when I say support I don't mean
00:45financial. Marriott don't put their money nowhere. Support us meaning in terms of
00:49the branding and the expertise. They said yes. Mr. Abood said he was eventually
00:55contacted and told that his company was shortlisted. So we prepared our proposal.
01:00We submitted it to E-Tech. I guess together with other proposals from other
01:05people. I don't know who they are but I'm assuming that I'm not the only one who
01:08submitted a proposal. A couple of months later I can't remember the timelines. We were
01:12written to or called and said listen you've been shortlisted and therefore we
01:17want you to make a presentation to the E-Tech evaluation committee on your
01:24project. In part two of our exclusive interview with Mr. Abood, he speaks about
01:30meetings he held with Chief Secretary Farley Augustine and other members of
01:35the Assembly in taking the project forward. Elizabeth Williams TV6 News.
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