Desert Ridge is a 5,700-acre master planned community, combining the spectacular 950-room JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa and MVCI vacation ownership villas. Each two-bedroom, two-bath villa at Marriott's Canyon Villas features 1,260 square feet of living area to comfortably accommodate up to eight guests. Vacationers can experience the elegance of a master suite with a deep soaking tub, fully-equipped kitchen, spacious living and dining areas, multiple televisions, a DVD and two balconies offering mountain and golf views. Prices per week of deeded ownership at Marriott's Canyon Villas currently range from $16,400 to $28,650, depending on season purchased.
Marriott Vacation Club International is the recognized worldwide leader in vacation ownership with a program highly regarded for its quality and unique flexibility. In 1984, Marriott became the first branded hospitality company by nearly a decade to enter the timeshare industry. Now celebrating 20 years of making vacation dreams come true for its owners, MVCI continues to expand with a diverse portfolio of 6,100 timeshare resort villas throughout the U.S., Caribbean, Europe and Asia. Today, more than 240,000 vacation owners in all 50 states and 143 countries own their vacations "the Marriott way," offering options to exchange weeks with priority within the MVCI portfolio, trade their week(s) for Marriott Rewards points or exchange within Interval International's global system of 2,000 resorts in 75 countries. For more information on vacation ownership or nightly villa rentals with Marriott, please visit online at or call 800-845-5279.
MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC. MAR is a leading worldwide hospitality company with over 2,600 lodging properties in the United States and 68 other countries and territories. Marriott International operates and franchises hotels under the Marriott, JW Marriott, The Ritz-Carlton, Renaissance, Residence Inn, Courtyard, TownePlace Suites, Fairfield Inn, SpringHill Suites and Ramada International brand names; develops and operates vacation ownership resorts under the Marriott Vacation Club International, Horizons, The Ritz-Carlton Club and Marriott Grand Residence Club brands; operates Marriott Executive Apartments; provides furnished corporate housing through its Marriott ExecuStay division; and operates conference centers. The company is headquartered in Washington, D.C., has approximately 128,000 employees, and was ranked as the lodging industry's most admired company and one of the best places to work for by FORTUNE®. For more information or reservations, please visit the web site at www.marriott.com.