At the Westwood Corporate Center in Orlando, Florida, nearly 1000 employees of Marriott Vacation Club International (Marriott Timeshare) officially turned “green” this past week.

For these timeshare company employees, going green, means placing a greater emphasis on recycling and environmental conservation. Marriott began their green initiative earlier this year in their Bethesda, Maryland offices and plans to take the philosophy and practices to their other corporate divisions over the next few months.

Marriott timeshare workers at the Westwood offices have committed to recycling the paper, plastic, and aluminum products used there at the business complex. Thermal travel mugs (courtesy of Marriott timeshare) now replace Styrofoam cups. Where the break rooms previously offered disposable plastic ware that spends thousands of years clogging landfills, new utensils and serve ware is a biodegradable product made from potatoes.

The product Marriott timeshare has selected for use in their cafeterias and break rooms is suitable for use even in hot liquids, yet it biodegrades in roughly 180 days. Appropriately known as “SpudWare” the cutlery and other products are produced by combining potato starch and soy oil.

To learn more about Spudware and other environmentally friendly products, go to TreeCycle.

To learn more about great deals in Marriott timeshare resales and Marriott timeshare rentals, go to Sell My Timeshare NOW.

For a closer look at Marriott going green, watch this YouTube video.

Would you be surprised to learn that 15 percent of all households in Finland are considering the purchase of timeshare weeks or timeshare condos? Finland based, Holiday Club Resorts Oy, is not surprised; they have recognized the opportunity to grow their hotel and spa business through the development of new Nordic timeshare resorts.

With 5.3 million people in 2.4 million households, (according to Timeshare Perspective Magazine) Finland has some 800,000 people who currently have the potential to buy timeshare. Neighboring Sweden offers another 1.5 million potential timeshare owners—and these numbers only reflect people who can afford to buy timeshare from the developer. Imagine how these figures increase if you include all the people who can afford to buy timeshare at the fantastic discounts available in timeshare resales.

Holiday Club Resorts is Thinking Big about European Timeshare

Holiday Club Resorts Oy is the oldest timeshare company in the Nordic countries. They are part of the RCI timeshare exchange, and they offer Holiday Club timeshare resorts in high-demand ski destinations, as well as numerous spa resort hotels. Currently Holiday Club timeshare, which has timeshare resorts in Sweden, Finland, and Russia, projects they may be on their way to becoming the largest European timeshare company.

Holiday Club Resorts Oy is seriously going after new timeshare owners. They have set up some of their timeshare condos in line with the concepts of the Stress Free Area®. Stress Free is a registered design of the Conbalance company, that specializes in interior space planning. In Stress Free designs, attention is given to planning lighting, color selections, fabrics, and furnishing to enhance a sense of calmness and wellbeing for the occupants.

Timeshare Resales, the Nordic Opportunity

Listening to the media tell you about the surfeit of home foreclosures and the spiraling increase in the costs of energy and durable goods, you may feel that this is an impossible time to sell timeshare. But these statistics from Finland and Sweden are just one more reminder that the person who buys your timeshare resale could be from anywhere in the world, provided you advertise your timeshare resales through a company that uses the world wide web to create a broad base of global marketing.

And as an interesting post script, I have to compliment the people at Holiday Club for the timeshare advertising slogan they pose to their market, “Why buy a cow when you need a litre (liter) of milk?”

…I couldn’t have said it better myself.

SunStream Hotels and Resorts is now offering one-bedroom timeshare condos at the Diamond Head Beach Resort on Fort Myers Beach. The nine-year-old resort is a twelve-story, beachside property, that has recently been remodeled and is selling 31 units as timeshare condos.

Historically, SunStream is recognized as a property management company, operating other Florida vacation condos. The Diamond Head timeshare units include kitchens, queen-sized sleeper sofas (in addition to the queen bed in the private bedroom), and balconies with a view of the Gulf.

According to Street Talk Blog, prices begin at $9,990 for deeded ownership of one week in off-season. However, in visiting the SunStream Vacation Club website, it appears that this is a special rate for the first timeshare buyers only and will not be in effect much longer. Also, perhaps the renovation is still underway, as the website says that first occupancy is not until the 2009 season.

Opportunities in Florida Timeshare Resales

Just to refresh your memory about the beautiful beaches in Florida, Fort Myers Beach is way down south on the Gulf Coast side of the state. You can expect temperatures in line with Miami or Boca Raton, but because you are on the Gulf side not the Atlantic, you’ll enjoy much warmer waters and typically balmier breezes…in other words, just about an ideal location for a timeshare vacation.

If you are interested in getting some sun and beach time in the Fort Myers area and you don’t want to wait until 2009, be sure you consider Fort Myers timeshare resales and timeshare rentals. Sell My Timeshare NOW has an excellent inventory of Florida timeshare resales in the Fort Meyers area, and around the state, where you can start enjoying vacation ownership immediately, at highly competitive prices.

Who could have imagined that the business affairs of Donald Trump would show up in the Timeshare Owners Blog as frequently as they have this past year? But Donald Trump’s reality reads better than fiction, and new chapters seem to be written almost weekly.

If you have somehow missed the continuing saga of Trump’s dream to build a hotel and timeshare resort on the Scottish coast, I direct you to these past postings on the Timeshare Owners Blog.

Trump’s Efforts to Build a Hotel and Timeshare Resort in Aberdeen, Scotland:

• Drama Continues Over Trump Hotel and Timeshare Resort
• Hey Donald Trump, Can You Get Me a Timeshare Deal?
• Aberdeen Golf and Timeshare Resort a Little Closer to Reality
• Can One Scotsman Stop Trump’s Resort and Timeshare?
• Donald Trump’s Controversial Golf and Timeshare Resort in Aberdeen, Scotland Part II.
• Donald Trump’s Controversial Golf and Timeshare Resort in Aberdeen, Scotland

…And now for the latest chapter in Trump Golf’s quest to build the finest golf resort and timeshare in Scotland.

Photo courtesy of The Daily Mail

Earlier this month the Scotland’s heraldic authority stated that Donald Trump had broken the law by not registering a coat of arms the Trump Organization has been using on stationery and other promotional materials for its proposed Aberdeen golf course, hotel, and timeshare resort. Citing a regulation that is more than 300 years old, the Scotland heraldic authority says Trump has been illegally using a coat of arms that features three lions and a fist holding an arrow as part of their marketing campaign for the golf resort.

The Court of the Lord Lyon, which has held authority over coats of arms in Scotland since 1642, has issued an order that the Trump company must immediately stop use of the image. Not only is the coat of arms unregistered, but according to a quote that appeared in United Press International, Romilly Squire of the Scottish Heraldic Society says that having Trump’s name in the crest breaks a key law of heraldry. Apparently, a motto should have been used rather than a name.

According to a slightly tongue-in-cheek blog post on The Nation, written by author and columnist, Nicholas Von Hoffman, Trump also uses a similar logo for Trump University. I wonder if the Trump U lion is a registered coat of arms or if the keepers of heraldic integrity will have to rap The Donald’s hands for that unauthorized use as well?

Great Choice for a Scotland Timeshare Vacation

And while the world waits for the resolution of the Trump hotel and timeshare resort issue, remember that there are always opportunities to enjoy a great Scotland timeshare vacation or golf timeshare vacation by taking advantage of Scotland Timeshare Resales and timeshare rentals through Sell My Timeshare NOW.

• Sunterra Resort Kenmore Club
• Moness Country Club
• Loch Rannoch Highland Club
• Hilton International Grand Vacations at Hilton Coylumbridge and Hilton Craigendarroch
• Great Glen Water Park Club
• Edinburgh Residence
• Cameron House