Contest Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY
1. Eligibility: Making Memories (the "Promotion") is open only to legal residents of North America who have reached the age of majority in their province, territory or state of residence at the time of entry, excluding Quebec. Void where prohibited. Promotion is subject to all applicable federal, provincial, territorial, state, municipal, and local laws and regulations. All employees or agents of the Sponsor, Tanner Young Publishing Group and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries and agents, RezCan and any entity involved in the production, implementation, promotion, administration or fulfilment of the Promotion, and the individuals living in the same households of each of the above are ineligible to participate in the Promotion. The Promotion consists of a prize (the “Grand Prize”) of a minimum of $250.00 to the individual who has the most "likes" of an uploaded photo on March 21, 2012 at 12 Noon (MST). The amount of the prize will be doubled if the winner can provide a receipt showing a one night stay during the contest period at any of the Edmonton Destination Hotel Partners. The list of participating hotels can be found on the www.edmontondestinationhotels.com
2. The “Sponsor” is: Tanner Young Publishing Group, Travel Alberta, The City of Edmonton and the Edmonton Destination Hotel Partners. All correspondence can be sent to Tanner Young Publishing Group, #1, 9301 - 50 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, T6B 2L5. Phone 780.465.3362.
3. Agreement to Official Rules: By participating in the Promotion, each entrant fully and unconditionally agrees to and accepts these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Promotion.
4. Timing: The Promotion will begin December 31, 2011 at 12 Noon Mountain Standard Time (MST), and end at 11:59 pm. MST, March 20, 2012 (the "Promotion Period"). The Administrator’s computer is the official time keeping device for this Promotion.
5. How to Enter: Entrants can enter online by following the
instructions and uploading a photo to
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Making-Memories-Edmonton/113814172069162
and telling us about your memorable Edmonton Experience.
Limit: Entrants may enter the Promotion on the Website as often as they
wish, however just one photo per experience is eligible. Any
attempt by any entrant to obtain more than the permitted number of
entries by using multiple/different email addresses, identities,
registrations and logins, or any other methods, to increase the number
of entries submitted, will void that entrant’s entries and that entrant
may be disqualified. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late,
incomplete, invalid, unintelligible or misdirected registrations, which
will be disqualified. In the event of a dispute as to any
online entry, the authorized account holder of the email address used
to enter will be deemed to be the entrant. The "Authorized Account
Holder" is the natural person assigned an email address by an Internet
access provider, online service provider or other organization
responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated
with the submitted address. Potential winners may be required to show
proof of being the Authorized Account Holder.
6. All potential winners are subject to verification by Sponsor or administrator, whose decisions are final. An entrant is not a winner of any prize, even if the PROMOTION SHOULD so indicate, unless and until entrant’s eligibility and the potential Winning ENTRY has been verified and entrant has been notified that verification is complete. Sponsor will not accept other evidence of winning in lieu of its validation process.
7. Prize drawing: The selection of potential winners is final and binding, and will take place at approximately 12:00 pm MST on February 21, 2012. The contest winner will be the contributor who has the most "likes" on a particular photo within the contest.
8. Verification of Potential Winners: All selected potential winners must continue to comply with the terms and conditions of these Official Rules. Winning is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements detailed in these Official Rules. The potential Grand Prize winner will be notified by email after the date of contest completion. Except where prohibited, the potential prize winner will be required to sign and return a Declaration of Compliance which must be received within ten (10) days of the date notice or attempted notice is sent, in order to claim his/her prize. If any potential winner cannot be contacted, fails to sign and return the Declaration of Compliance within the required time period (if applicable), such potential winner forfeits the prize. In the event that any potential winner is disqualified or forfeits the prize for any reason, an alternate winner will be selected. The next most "liked" photo will be declared the winner among all remaining eligible entries. Only three (3) alternate drawings will be held after which the applicable prize will remain unawarded. Unclaimed prizes will not be awarded. The Grand Prize will be fulfilled approximately 2 - 4 weeks after the conclusion of the Promotion.
9. Prize: ONE (1) GRAND PRIZE: $Up to 500.00 CDN. Odds of winning the prize depend on the number of eligible entries received during the Promotion Period. The prize must be accepted as awarded. Any taxes and other incidental charges on the prize are the sole responsibility of the winner.
10. Publicity: Except where prohibited, participation in the Promotion constitutes winner's consent to Sponsor's use of winner's name, likeness, voice, opinions, biographical information, hometown and province for promotional purposes in any media, without further payment or consideration.
11. General Conditions: All entries become the property of the Sponsor. Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Promotion, or any part of it, if any fraud, technical failures or any other factor beyond Sponsor’s reasonable control impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Promotion, as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion In such event, Sponsor reserves the right to award the prize among the eligible entries received up to the time of the impairment. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Promotion or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or any other promotion or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Promotion may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and, should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision. These Official Rule are subject to change without notice in order to comply with any applicable federal, provincial, territorial, state and municipal laws or the policy of any other entity having jurisdiction over the Sponsor.
12. Release: By participating in this Promotion, and/or receipt of the prize, the applicable winner agrees to release and hold harmless the Sponsor, the Administrator, Tanner Young Publishing Group and each of their respective subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers, distributors, advertising/promotion agencies, and prize suppliers, and each of their respective parent companies and each such company’s officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from and against any claim or cause of action, including, but not limited to, personal injury, death, or damage to or loss of property, or infringement of any third party intellectual property rights, arising out of participation in the Promotion, or receipt or use or misuse of any prize, or the use of personal information. Winners must sign declaration and release forms, and such other supporting documentation that the Sponsor may request, to give effect to such release.
13. Limitations of Liability: Released Parties are not responsible for and entrants release and hold the Released Parties harmless for: (1) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by entrant, printing errors of by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Promotion; (2) technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to the malfunctioning or interruption of any computer, cable, network, hardware or software; (3) the unavailability or inaccessibility of any transmissions or telephone or Internet service; (4) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Promotion; (5) electronic or human error which may occur in the administration of the Promotion or the processing of entries; (6) late, lost, undeliverable, damaged or stolen mail, or (7) any injury or damage to persons or property, including but not limited to entrant's computer, hardware or software, which injury or damage may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant's participation in the Promotion or receipt or use of misuse of any prize; (8) any liability, including without limitation any claims of infringement, in connection with the Promotion. Sponsor and Administrator are not responsible for any typographical/other error in entries, selection announcement or for any liability for damage to any computer system resulting from participation in accessing or downloading information in connection with this Promotion. If for any reason an entrant's entry is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, entrant’s sole remedy is another entry in the Prize Drawing, provided that if it is not possible to award another entry due to discontinuance of the Promotion, or any part of it, for any reason, Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may elect to hold a random drawing from among all eligible entries received up to the date of discontinuance for any or all of the prizes offered herein. No more than the stated number of prizes will be awarded. In the event that production, technical, seeding, programming or any other reasons cause more than the stated number of prizes as set forth in these Official Rules to be available and/or claimed, Sponsor reserves the right to award only the stated number of prizes among all legitimate, unawarded, eligible prize claims.
14. Governing Law: Entrant agrees that under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the entrant and Sponsor in connection with the Promotion, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of Province of Alberta, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the Province of Alberta or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the Province of Alberta.
15. Entrant's Personal Information: Except where agree to by the Entrant, the Entrant’s information will only be used to contact the winning entry. Each entrant will have the option to opt out of receiving special promotions and offers.
16. Winner List: Requests for the name of the winner will only be accepted after the promotion end date (listed above) and no later than March 15, 2012. For the name of the winner, visit http://www.facebook.com/pages/Making-Memories-Edmonton/113814172069162 to view the winner of this promotion.
