The document outlines the rules for a contest organized by Iberostar Hotels & Resorts and Visit US, Inc. to give away a one-night stay voucher to Iberostar Cozumel or Costa Dorada. To enter, participants must be US or Canada residents over 21, fans of Iberostar's Facebook page, and correctly answer trivia questions on the page between September 26 and October 3, 2011. The winner will be randomly selected from the top five highest scoring entries. The prize must be redeemed within one year for a minimum three-night stay.
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Iberostar triviastar contest rules september 2011
1. Contest Rules
1. Organizer
IBEROSTAR HOTELES Y APARTAMENTOS, S.L. (hereinafter,
IBEROSTAR), in collaboration with VISIT US, INC., is organizing a contest
that will be carried out in compliance with the provisions hereunder. The
contest will be called “TRIVIASTAR QUIZ”.
2. Duration
The contest will begin at 9:30 a.m. on 26 September 2011 and end at 11:59
p.m. on 3 October 2011 (Eastern Daylight Saving Time, UTC/GMT - 5 h).
3. Purpose
The purpose of the contest is to give away a voucher for one (1) night’s
stay at Iberostar Cozumel or at Iberostar Costa Dorada. The winning
participant will be responsible for all of his/her own expenses, including
transportation to and from the hotel. The prize is non-transferrable and
cannot be exchanged for cash.
4. Participation requirements
To be eligible to win this contest, participants must be individuals 21 years
of age or over, fans of the Iberostar Hotels & Resorts USA & Canada page
on Facebook, reside in the United States of America (including Alaska,
Hawaii and Puerto Rico) or in Canada, and have a real user profile on
Facebook. The above will be verified when collecting the prize using a
current official form of identification.
Employees or contractors of IBEROSTAR and VISIT US, INC. and their
affiliates, suppliers and agencies, are not eligible to participate.
No purchase required to participate in the contest. A paid minimum stay of
three nights is required to redeem the prize. Void where prohibited by law.
2. 5. Contest details
The contest will be held through a specific tab found at
http://www.facebook.com/IberostarUSACanada. The following instructions
must be followed to be able to participate. Each participant must:
Be a fan of the IberostarUSACanada Facebook page. Breach of this
condition will result in the participant’s disqualification from the
contest.
Complete the IBEROSTAR TRIVIASTAR QUIZ. Only one entry per
participant allowed.
Fill out the participation form, including his/her name and email.
The correct answers will be posted on IBEROSTAR’s Facebook page on
Tuesday, 4 October 2011.
6. Selection of contest winner
The winner will be randomly selected from among the five participants with
the highest scores on the TRIVIASTAR QUIZ.
In the event that more than five participants achieve the same scores, the
five received first chronologically will enter the random drawing.
A participant will be disqualified if he/she submits more than one entry to
the contest.
7. Announcement of contest winners
The winner will be announced within five (5) business days of the end of
the contest on 3 October 2011 by email to the address provided on the
contest participation form. Therefore, we recommend the use of an active
email address that the user checks often.
One winner and a list of 5 runners-up will be chosen. In the event the
winner does not claim the prize within 5 hours of the winner being
announced, we will then select the first runner-up as winner. If the first
runner-up does not claim the prize within five hours, the next on the list of
runners-up will be contacted, and so on down the list. The prize will
become the property of the winner; it will be exclusive to him/her and non-
transferable.
3. 8. Description and delivery of the prize
-The prize consists of a voucher for one (1) night’s stay at Iberostar
Cozumel or at Iberostar Costa Dorada, redeemable only in conjunction with
a (minimum) paid three-night stay. The voucher will be issued electronically.
-All transportation costs or other expenses that may be incurred by the
winner to redeem his/her prize are not included in the prize.
-The inability to redeem the prize does not grant the winner any rights to
any other compensation or alternative prize. This prize may not be
exchanged or redeemed for a cash equivalent.
-The prize is non-transferable.
-The dates on which the prize can be redeemed and reserved will, at all
times, be subject to hotel availability, and cannot be used during black-out
periods including high season, Spring Break, Christmas or New Years. In
the event there is no availability for the dates requested by the winner, the
Organizers will propose alternative dates so that he/she may redeem the
prize.
-Prizes must be redeemed within one year of the date on which the
voucher is issued.
9. Waiver of responsibility for poor network function
The Organizer shall not be held responsible for electronic communication
network malfunctions that impede the normal operation of the contest for
reasons outside the company’s control or for external actions in bad faith.
The Organizer also shall not be held responsible for data loss or transfer
problems that cannot be attributed to it.
10. Imaging rights
Through their participation, winners and participants authorize the
Organizer to reproduce, use and disseminate their first and last names and
images with which they participated on IBEROSTAR’s official Facebook
page within a maximum period of 30 days following the date on which the
winner is announced, without said activities conferring upon them the right
4. to remuneration or benefit whatsoever with the exception of the prize
earned according to these provisions.
11. Personal Data
All participant personal data will be incorporated into a personal data file at
VISIT US, INC., a US company marketing tourism products, with registered
address at 3470 NW 82nd Av. Suite 908, Doral, Florida 33166, United
States of America, for the purposes of the organization and monitoring of
the contest hereunder, as well as to issue, including by electronic means,
marketing information regarding said products to said participants.
Facebook is not sponsoring this contest or managing it in any way, nor is it
associated with it. Thus, all information is provided to VISIT US and not to
Facebook.
In accordance with the provisions of the “Spanish Ley Orgánica 15/1999,
de 13 de diciembre, de Protección de Datos de Carácter Personal” [the
Personal Data Protection Act 1999], we likewise state that participant data
will be incorporated into a file at IBEROSTAR HOTELES Y
APARTAMENTOS, S.L., at the Iberostar group headquarters, with
registered address at C/ General Riera 154, 07010, Palma de Mallorca,
Spain, to coordinate the contest hereunder, as well as for the incorporation
of your data into the Brand Users file for the purposes of loyalty,
personalized services and to issue, via electronic or phone media,
personalized commercial notifications about tourism products and services
offered by the IBEROSTAR Group. You obligatorily grant your consent for
the Iberostar Group entities which you contact to hire or purchase services
to access your data as brand user for the purposes of personalization of
said services, and also consent to the international transfer of your data
when said entities are outside the European Economic Area.
Participant data will be disseminated to the public through Facebook. By
participating in the contest, all participants consent to the handling and
processing of their data as indicated above. The data requested in the
registration form is required for contest participation.
In compliance with Spanish legislation, the participants may exercise their
rights to access, rectify and cancel their personal information incorporated
into IBEROSTAR HOTELES Y APARTAMENTOS, S.L. files, as well as to
oppose its processing and handling by writing to the Department of
Customer Services at the address indicated above.
5. 12. Waiver of liability
Members agree to release IBEROSTAR and VISIT US, INC. and their
sponsors, subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers and agents from any and all
liability for injuries, losses, or damages of any kind caused directly or
indirectly by participation in this contest or relating to the prize.
13. Acceptance of the contest rules
By participating in this contest, participants agree to the totality of its terms
and conditions. Likewise, participation in a contest of this nature involves
the acceptance of the regulations of Facebook, the platform through which
the contest is held.
All questions, comments or complaints regarding the offer must be sent to
IBEROSTAR HOTELES Y APARTAMENTOS, S.L. and/or to VISIT US,
INC., not to Facebook.