The Discover your Charlevoix contest (hereafter “Contest”) is organized by Tourisme Charlevoix. It starts on January 11th 2010 and closes on April 9th 2010 at 23h59 (EDT). Any reference to time in this document indicates Eastern Daylight saving Time (EDT).
Eligibility
The Contest is open to all residents of Canada and is governed by Canada law, eighteen (18) years of age and above who have reached the age of majority in the province in which they reside by the start date of this contest as identified above, with the exception of the employees, agents and/or representatives of Tourisme Charlevoix, its distributors or affiliated companies, advertising agencies or any contributor to the Contest, as well as anyone with whom an employee, agent and/or representative is domiciled or any member of his or her immediate family. For these official rules, “immediate family” refers to the father, mother, brothers, sisters, children, husband, wife or partner of such an employee, agent and/or representative.
How to Enter
Registration
Log on to www.charlevoixtourism.com and go to the Contest page. Complete the electronic entry form (hereafter the “Electronic Entry”) by filling all required fields Click on “Submit”. You will then be entered in the Contest. You can enter the Contest until April 9th 2010 at 11:59 PM.
The entrant whose Entry Form will have been randomly selected will be contacted by Tourisme Charlevoix.
Each entrant can only use one e-mail address (which must be valid) to enter via the Electronic Entry form. One (1) entrant per Electronic Entry form. The same e-mail address cannot be used by more than one entrant.
No purchase necessary.
PRIZES
One (1) winner will be awarded respectively one (1) vacation packages in Charlevoix, a total approximate retail value of five hundred and ninety-five Canadian dollars ($ 595 CND) (here in after the Prizes).
One package at Mont Grand-Fonds with lodging at Fairmont Le Manoir Richelieu (5 star)
Included:
One night in the Fairmont Saint-Laurent room (with river view)
Breakfast buffet for two at Le Bellerive
Dinner 4 courses (drink not included) for two adults at Le St-Laurent
One (1) alpine skiing or cross-country day for two at Mont Grand-Fonds including lunch and Grand-Fonds cocktail for two.
Restriction:
Based on availability. Excluding the holiday period and statutory holidays.
Value:
Five hundred and ninety-five Canadian dollars ($ 595 CND)
Tourisme Charlevoix reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to replace the Prize with another of a comparable value or with the Prize value in money if it is not possible to award it to the Winner as described in paragraph 4 above for any reason.
DRAW
Among all the Entry Forms received by the server hosting the Web site www.charlevoixtourism.com, one (1) random draw will be conducted on “April 14th, 2010” at “10:00 AM”, at the office of Octane Médias located at 440 Ste-Étienne street, La Malbaie, Québec, Qc, G5A 1H4.
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
To be declared winner, the entrant whose Entry Form is randomly chosen for the Prize must respect the entry and eligibility conditions stipulated in this document. Failure to respect one or several of these conditions means the winner will be disqualified and another random draw will be conducted to choose another winner.
Tourisme Charlevoix will contact the Winner by telephone and/or e-mail. In the event that Tourisme Charlevoix cannot contact the selected entrant of one or several of the draws for whatever reason within forty-eight (48) hours following the draw, Tourisme Charlevoix will conduct as many draws as necessary from the Entry Forms to find a Prize winner.
The Prize will be delivered to the Winner by Charlevoix Tourism between April 15th and June 15th, 2010 inclusively.
The Winner recognizes that starting from the reception of his price, only the guarantee provided by the manufacturer and/or the retailer and/or the manufacturer will apply.
In the event that it is not possible to deliver the Prize to the Winner, for whatever reason, the Prize must be claimed at Tourisme Charlevoix’s offices by July 20th, 2010 at the latest, otherwise it shall become null and void. In such case, the Prize will not be redrawn and will simply not be awarded.
Tourisme Charlevoix, its respective companies and divisions and any other moral person of its corporate group, its affiliated broadcast distributors, advertising and promotional agencies and their respective shareholders, administrators, executives, employees and agents, as well as any contributor to the Contest, including client (hereafter called “Release recipients”) are not responsible for matters regarding the Prize or the Contest and provide no guarantee for either.
The Prizes must be accepted as awarded and cannot be transferred without the prior written agreement of Tourisme Charlevoix, substituted with another prize or exchanged in whole or in part for money. Should Tourisme Charlevoix for reasons out of its control and not related to the Winner, not be able to award the prize as described in the present document, Tourisme Charlevoix reserves the right to award a similar prize (or a portion of the prize) of equal value or, at its sole discretion, the value of the prize indicated in this present document (or a portion of the prize) in money.
Tourisme Charlevoix shall not be held liable in any case where its inability to act results from a fact or situation beyond his control or from a strike, lock-out or any other labour dispute in his facilities or in the facilities of the organizations or companies whose services are used in the course of holding this Contest.
By entering this Contest, the Winner authorizes Tourisme Charlevoix, if required, to use his name, photograph, place of residence, voice, image and (or) declaration regarding its prize for advertising purposes without any form of remuneration. Moreover, the Winner agrees to permit his name and town of residence to be broadcast on the Contest Internet page without any form of remuneration.
The Release recipients shall not incur any responsibility for incomplete or incomprehensible name and addresses from Contest entrants. Tourisme Charlevoix reserves the right to reject any Entry Form that is incomplete, illegible or mutilated or that contains a human or mechanical error and to proceed with the selection of another Entry Form.
Any Entry Form and any attempt at entering using electronic, computer or other means which are contrary to the spirit of the Contest or to the Contest rules (e.g., computer pirating, mass emailing, etc.) will be automatically rejected and may be referred over to the appropriate judicial authorities. Any automated entries will be noticed and rejected.
The Release recipients are not in any way responsible for any problem including, but without being limited to, the technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines, any other problem resulting directly or indirectly in a virus, bug or technical failure following the sending of e-mails to Tourisme Charlevoix for any reason including, but without being limited to, traffic congestion on the Internet network or on the Web site or a combination of both. Tourisme Charlevoix and Release recipients are not responsible for any damage done to computer equipment following entering the Contest. Tourisme Charlevoix and other Release recipients are not responsible for any problem that could prevent the proper conduct of the Contest in accordance with the rules established herein including, but without restricting the generality of the above, or the postponement of the Contest promotion or of the Contest.
Tourisme Charlevoix reserves the right to modify or cancel the Contest without advance notice, subject to having obtained any required approval from Quebec’s Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux.
The decisions made by Tourisme Charlevoix are final and without appeal.
For Quebec residents, any litigation respecting the conduct or organization of a promotional contest may be submitted to the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux for a ruling. Any litigation respecting the awarding of a prize may be submitted to the Régie des alcohols, des courses et des jeux only for the purposes of helping the parties reach a settlement.
The Contest rules are available at Tourisme Charlevoix’s offices located at 495 Boul. de Comporté, La Malbaie, Québec, G5A 3G3 and on www.charlevoixtourism.com and www.tourisme-charlevoix.com.
In case of incompatibility between the English and the French version of the present Rules, the French version shall prevail.
