Golf

Setting a new fundraising record for the event, Festiva Hospitality Group (Festiva Timeshare) held its 2012 Festiva Charitable Fund Golf Tournament last month. The tournament site for the Festiva timeshare event was the Wachesaw East golf course in Murrells Inlet, S.C., also the home of Festiva’s flagship resort, Ellington at Wachesaw East.

Raising more than $57,000 through sponsorships, golfer registrations, raffle ticket sales, and private donations, the event was not only fun, it was a huge success. The Festiva Charitable Fund, which is a flexible endowment fund that began in 2006, will receive all the proceeds of the tournament and will utilize the money in its support of various charities. Each year, the Festiva Charitable Fund is able to provide permanent charitable resources within the communities where Festiva timeshare resorts are located.

The Festiva Charitable Fund is managed by The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting and expanding philanthropy. You can learn more about the  Festiva Hospitality Group, Inc., at www.festiva.travel and more about the Charitable Fund at www.cfwnc.org.

Festiva Timeshare Ellington at Wachesaw East

Ellington at Wachesaw Plantation East  is one of the many family-favorite vacation destinations of Festiva timeshare. Located near Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, this resort is convenient to the activities of the popular Grand Strand, while providing a peaceful retreat for timeshare owners and guests who vacation there. Surrounded by historic live oaks, draped in Spanish moss, Wachesaw Plantation East is a vacation destination you pick when you truly want to kick back and relax.

For golfers, the championship Wachesaw Plantation East Golf Course is the right combination of fun and challenge to play. Timeshare owners at Wachesaw East receive playing privileges at the course and access to numerous golf courses in the area for only the cost of the cart rental. Wachesaw East is the former home of the LPGA Myrtle Beach Golf Classic.

Twenty-one employees from Festiva Hospitality Group’s corporate office in Asheville, North Carolina, spent part of their workday at Hands On Asheville-Buncombe’s Day of Caring. This is the fifth consecutive year that Festiva timeshare employees have been part of Day of Caring, an event designed to get Asheville-area businesses, individuals, and organizations more involved in the work of nonprofit associations in the community.

Debbie Shroyer, a long time Festiva timeshare employee and Day of Caring participant, explains, “The United Way Day of Caring has turned into a Festiva tradition. Not only do we have a ton of fun, we build team spirit and truly love making a positive impact on our community.”

If you are a regular reader of The Timeshare Authority blog, you know it seems as if we frequently write about the volunteerism and charitable fund raising of the team at Festiva timeshare. Festiva timeshare employees provide varying types of support for  Day of Caring, the United Way, Friends of the WNC Nature Center, as well as the Festiva Charitable Fund, through which multiple other nonprofit associations benefit each year. Recipients of Festiva Charitable Fund support include at least one Asheville, North Carolina charity along with three or four charities located in areas across the US where there are also Festiva timeshare resorts.

Festiva Timeshare Charitable Fund Golf Tournament

This week on September 18, the Festiva Charitable Fund Golf Tournament will be held at Festiva’s flagship resort, Ellington at Wachesaw Plantation East in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina. Before the first ball has even been teed up, Festiva employees and generous sponsors of the event have already raised nearly $50,000 for the tournament and anticipate raising even more during the event through raffle ticket sales and additional donations.

Great work, Festiva timeshare; your efforts benefit your community, inspire others, and are bound to make Festiva timeshare owners feel good about the team behind their timeshare ownership.

For the tenth year, Holiday Inn Club Vacations at Orange Lake Resort has now hosted the RCI Christel House Open. Played on Monday, June 11, the annual fund raiser golf tournament was held on the resort’s 18-hole, Arnold Palmer-designed Legends golf course.

With a field of 152 golfers, the Central Florida tournament is the largest and most successful of the RCI Christel House fundraisers played around the world. Other tournament site locations include 11events played in the United States, one in Mexico, one in the United Kingdom, and one in South Africa. Over all, more than 1800 competitors play to support the Christel House charity in the fourteen worldwide events.

One hundred percent  of the worldwide proceeds from the charity golf events go to support the programs and services of Christel House, which directly benefit more than 3,000 children. Geoff Ballotti, CEO of RCI, explains, “To Christel House, a contribution of $1 million offers a significant amount of change and hope to impoverished children who might not otherwise have the opportunity to go to school, providing access to all Christel House programs and services from kindergarten to 12th grade. All monies raised for the foundation go straight to feed, nourish, and nurture the children of Christel House.”

Orange Lake Resorts President and CEO Don Harrill adds, “Having personally visited Christel House Mexico two years ago, I saw first-hand how your donations make a difference for children. We are truly appreciative of your contributions and proud to once again serve as the host site for this wonderful cause close to our hearts.”

The winning foursome this year was the team from the American Resort Development Association (ARDA).

Follow this link to learn more about Christel House.

Marriott Vacation Club timeshare’s Kauai Lagoons – Kalanipu’u has recently completed construction of  its final two Kalanipu’u buildings. The completion of these two building brings 52 additional Marriott timeshares to the Hawaii timeshare resort, yielding a total 70 timeshare villas among the three buildings.

Marriott’s Kauai Lagoons is the third Marriott Vacation Club resort located on the Garden Isle of Kaua’i, which is often described as Hawaii’s friendliest and most relaxed destination. The resort is situated along a 36-acre freshwater lagoon, some 100 feet above sea level. The  two-bedroom, two-bath villas and three-bedroom, three-bath timeshare villas provide guests and owners with spacious lanais and dramatic ocean vistas.

Marriott Timeshares Serving More Timeshare Owners and Vacationers

Lee Cunningham, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer-North America and Caribbean, Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation, says, “We’re thrilled to offer the Kauai Lagoon’s experience to more Owners and guests. The addition of new villas at this extraordinary resort means more Owners and guests will now be able to enjoy fabulous vacation experiences surrounded by paradise.”

In addition to this Hawaii timeshare resort’s numerous amenities, the adjacent Kauai Marriott Resort and Marriott’s Kauai Beach Club offer timeshare owners and guests five open-air restaurants, a spa, and retail shopping to enjoy.

As the oldest of the main Hawaiian islands, Kaua’i was formed by volcanic eruptions from the ocean floor some six million years ago. Besides sweeping views and rolling terrain, the island is home to the Waimea Canyon, known as “The Grand Canyon of the Pacific.”