Edmonton Destination Marketing Hotels Ltd.

Contest name: The “Christmas Cash in Your Pocket” contest courtesy of Edmonton’s Best Hotels.

• $4000 cash (cheque will be mailed to winner).
• One-night stay at one of Edmonton’s Best Hotels member hotels (to be selected by Edmonton’s Best Hotels. 

Official Rules:

NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.  INTERNET ACCESS IS REQUIRED TO ENTER.

Eligibility: Edmonton Destination Marketing Hotels’ Edmonton’s Best Hotels “Christmas Cash in Your Pocket” (“Contest”) is open only to legal residents of Canada who are 18 years of age or older at the time of entry, except employees, officers, and directors of Edmonton Destination Marketing Hotels Ltd. (“Sponsor”), its subsidiaries, affiliated companies, sales representatives, advertising, sales promotions and judging agencies, contest administrator (“Administrator”) webmasters/suppliers, and their respective immediate family members (spouse and children) or household members (whether or not related). The Contest is subject to all applicable provincial, territorial, municipal, and local laws and regulations and is void outside Canada. Participation constitutes the entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and Sponsor’s and Administrator’s decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Contest. Winning a prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.

This contest is not sponsored, endorsed, administered, or associated with Facebook or Instagram. Any questions, comments, or complaints regarding the Contest will be directed to the Sponsor, not Facebook or Instagram.

Sponsor: Edmonton Destination Marketing Hotels Ltd., 2707 Ellwood Drive SW, Edmonton, Alberta, T6X 0P7. 

Administrator: Edmonton Destination Marketing Hotels, info@edmh.ca

Contest Period: The contest will run from November 7, 2023 (12:01 AM Mountain Time) through December 14, 2023 (11:45 PM Mountain Time).  The winner will be notified no later than December 15, 2023, and will have until December 16, 2023 (24 hours) to claim their prize.  

Prize details and Terms and Conditions:

Incidental expenses and all other costs and expenses not explicitly listed as part of a prize in these Official Rules and which may be associated with the award, acceptance, receipt, and use of all or any portion of the awarded prize are solely the responsibility of the winner.

• The winner will receive $4000 cash (a cheque will be mailed to the winner).
• One-night stay at one of Edmonton’s Best Hotels member hotels (to be selected by Edmonton’s Best Hotels. 

NON-TRANSFERRABLE.  NO CASH EQUIVALENT.

How to Enter: Participants can enter the Contest via the contest entry page on the Edmonton’s Best Hotels website.  Entrants are encouraged to LIKE and FOLLOW Edmonton’s Best Hotels Facebook page and Instagram account and sign up for their mailing list (Insider).  One entry per person.

Entry Requirements: Entrants must have a valid email address to enter. The entrant must provide her/his first and last name, city of residence, and be 18 years of age or older at the time of entry.

Enter using a valid email account registered in your name. Multiple entrants may not share the same email account. In the event of a dispute, the natural person associated with the email account used to enter will be deemed to be the entrant. No robotic, programmed, script, macro, or other automated entries (collectively “automated entries”). Automated entries, multiple entries by the same person/e-mail address, or entries that have been tampered with will result in the disqualification of all such entries. All Entry materials submitted become the property of the Sponsor and will not be returned. By submitting an Entry, the entrant acknowledges that his/her Entry may be posted across any or all of the Sponsor’s digital and social media assets at the Sponsor’s sole discretion. Personal information collected is subject to the Sponsor’s privacy policy here.

If entering via a mobile phone or other web-enabled device and using your wireless carrier’s network, standard data charges from your wireless carrier may apply. Entries must follow the Entry Requirements outlined below. Photos must also comply with any applicable submission requirements dictated by the social media platform for Entry.

Odds of Winning: The odds of winning a Prize depend on the number of eligible Entries received.

Prize Award Procedures:  The potential winner is subject to verification before any prize is awarded.  The potential winner will be notified by the Sponsor or Administrator through the email address provided at the time of registration and will be required to respond to that email with their complete mailing address and date of birth within 24 hours of email notification or the prize will be forfeited, and one secondary potential prize winner will be selected. Potential winners will be required to execute and return an affidavit of eligibility and liability/publicity release (where permitted) within 24 hours of the request.  Failure to comply will result in disqualification, and the prize will not be awarded. If any Prize or Prize-related communication is returned as undeliverable, the Prize will be forfeited. The sponsor is not responsible for any change of Facebook account, mailing address, e-mail address, and/or telephone number of entrants. Any unclaimed or undeliverable Prize will not be awarded. Prizes are non-transferable. No cash redemptions or substitutions are permitted except by the Sponsor, who may substitute a prize of equal or more excellent value.  The winner cannot have won any contests from Edmonton’s Best Hotels in the last 18 months.

General Conditions: By entering the Contest, each entrant agrees (a) to release, indemnify and hold harmless Sponsor and its affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and Contest agencies, Administrator, and all of their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents from any and all liability, for any damages, injuries or losses of any kind to person(s), including death, or property, arising directly or indirectly from the acceptance, possession, misuse or use of a prize or his/her participation in the Contest or any Contest-related activity; and (b) to grant (and to confirm such grant in writing promptly upon request) to Sponsor and those acting under Sponsor’s authority the right to the use of his/her name, photograph, likeness, voice, image, statements and biographical information at any time or times for advertising, trade, publicity and contest purposes in any media now known or hereafter discovered, worldwide and on the World Wide Web, without review, notification, approval or additional compensation, unless prohibited by law. All taxes on prizes, if any, are solely the responsibility of the winners. All federal, provincial, and local laws and regulations apply. By entering, each entrant agrees that all issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation, and enforceability of these Official Rules, the entrant’s rights and obligations, or the rights and obligations of the Sponsor in connection with the Contest, will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the Province of Alberta, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules. By entering, each entrant consents to the jurisdiction and venue of the federal, provincial, and local courts in Edmonton, AB.

Limitations of Liability: Neither Sponsor nor its agencies are responsible for lost, interrupted, or unavailable satellite, network, server, Internet Service Provider (ISP), website or other connections availability, accessibility or traffic congestion, miscommunication, or failed computer, network, telephone, satellite, or cable hardware, software or lines, or technical failure, or jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions, or computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties, or other errors of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic or network, or the incorrect or inaccurate capture of Entry or other information or the failure to capture, or loss of, any such information.

Neither Sponsor nor its agencies are responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by website users, or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Contest, and assume no responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect or delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft or destruction or unauthorized access to, or tampering with or hacking of the website. Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds may be tampering with the entry process or operation of the Contest or website, may be acting in violation of the terms of the website or these Official Rules, or may be acting in a non-sportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to threaten, abuse or harass any other person. Neither Sponsor nor its agencies are responsible for injury or damage to the entrant’s or any other person’s computer related to or resulting from participating in the Contest or downloading or copying materials from or use of the website. If, for any reason, the Contest is not capable of running as planned by reason of infection by computer viruses, worms, bugs, tampering, hacking, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes which, in the sole opinion of the Sponsor, corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Contest, or if due to any technical, production or other error, more prizes are claimed or awarded than are described in these Official Rules, Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Contest, and randomly select winners from entries received prior to action taken, or as otherwise deemed fair and equitable by Sponsor. No more than the number of prizes stated in these Official Rules will be awarded. Any attempt to deliberately damage any website or undermine the legitimate operation of the Contest is unlawful and subject to legal action by the Sponsor or its agents.

IN NO EVENT WILL THE SPONSOR, ITS AFFILIATES, SUBSIDIARIES OR RELATED COMPANIES, THEIR ADVERTISING OR CONTEST AGENCIES OR ADMINISTRATOR OR THEIR OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES OR AGENTS BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OR LOSSES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THIS CONTEST, INCLUDING ENTRANTS ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE CONTEST INTERNET SITE OR DOWNLOADING FROM AND/OR PRINTING MATERIAL DOWNLOADED FROM SAID SITE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EVERYTHING ON THIS WEBSITE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. SOME JURISDICTIONS MAY NOT ALLOW LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. CHECK YOUR LOCAL LAWS FOR ANY RESTRICTIONS OR LIMITATIONS REGARDING THESE LIMITATIONS OR EXCLUSIONS.

Winners List: Visit www.facebook.com/EdmontonsBestHotels for winner announcements during a Contest’s Contest Period. The winners are announced in Edmonton Best Hotel’s Travel Insider within three weeks of the contest’s ending. You can request a full list of the winners for a particular Contest by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope with proper postage affixed to Edmonton Destination Marketing Hotels Ltd., 2707 Ellwood Drive SW, Edmonton, AB, T6X 0P7. Ensure you note which Contest you’d like to receive the Winners List. Requests must be received within six months of the end date of the Contest in question. The winner will be sent after the winner has been verified.

Sponsor: Edmonton Destination Marketing Hotels Ltd., 2707 Ellwood Drive SW, Edmonton, AB, T6X 0P7

Administrator: Edmonton Destination Marketing Hotels, info@edmh.ca