NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
This Sweepstake is available to GHA DISCOVERY members whose country of residence is not Belgium, Brazil, Chile, China, Croatia, Egypt, India, Italy, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Oman, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, and the United Arab Emirates (“Eligible Participants”).
By casting votes for the ULTRAs, and providing an email address, members are registering to participate in this Sweepstake. All participating individuals (“Participants”) agree to be bound by the Sweepstake’s rules. This Sweepstake is subject to change without notice and cannot be combined with any other offer or Sweepstake unless explicitly stated.
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General Promotion/Sweepstake Terms and Conditions
1. SPONSOR: The sponsor of this Sweepstake (“Sponsor”) is GHA Loyalty DMCC, a Dubai company with a registered office at 21st Floor, JBC5 Tower, Jumeirah Lake Towers, PO Box 487771, Dubai, UAE. All decisions made by GHA in all matters regarding this Contest are final and binding on the Participants.
2. ELIGIBILITY: The Sweepstake is open to all Eligible Participants who are (i) members of the GHA DISCOVERY loyalty programme, (ii) aged 18 and above (or above the age of majority if higher in their country of residence) as at the start of the Promotional Period, (iii) not prohibited in any manner by any person, entity, authority or law anywhere in the world from participating in this Sweepstake or any similar Sweepstake, (iv) live in a jurisdiction in which the Sweepstake’s Sponsor may legally conduct this Contest without making any registration filing, posting any bond or otherwise securing prior approval from any governmental authority, and (v) not being employees, or immediate family members of employees, GHA or GHA’s subsidiaries or associate companies, GHA member brands, their agents, distributors and other parties which are involved and/or associated in organising, promoting and/or conducting with this Sweepstake. By participating in the Sweepstake, the Participants represent and warrant that they have met the eligibility criteria set out under these Sweepstake’s Rules and that they consent to the use by GHA of your personal information for feedback, promotional and marketing purposes.
3. CONTEST PROMOTIONAL PERIOD: The Promotional Period runs from 25 July 2024 to 31 August 2024, both dates included, in the UAE time zone. Submission of entries must be made within the Promotional Period. Submission of entries must be received by no later than 23:59 hours (UAE time GMT) on 31 August 2024. Proof of submission is not proof of receipt, and GHA accepts no responsibility nor liability for entries that are illegible, lost, delayed, misplaced, misdirected or incomplete or cannot be delivered or entered for any technical or other reason.
4. RANDOM DRAW: Only entries that are complete and correct as deemed by GHA will be deemed as eligible. A Participant shall participate in the Sweepstake on their own account and shall not submit forms or participate on behalf of other persons. No purchase is necessary for participation. A random draw will be held from all eligible entries received from Eligible Participants during the Promotional Period to select the winner. The draw will be held in the second week of September 2024 at the GHA office located at 21st Floor, JBC5 Tower, Jumeirah Lake Towers, PO Box 487771, Dubai, UAE. The odds of winning will depend upon the total number of entrants but there will only be one Winner.
5. WINNER NOTIFICATION: Winner will be notified via email by GHA on or before 1 October 2024 based on the submitted contact details.
6. PRIZES:
"DISCOVERY Dollars" (D$) are rewards that a member of the GHA DISCOVERY Programme can earn on Net Eligible Spend or through promotions or partnerships. DISCOVERY Dollars (“D$”) is the rewards currency of the GHA DISCOVERY loyalty programme; they are rewards points and not a legal currency in any territory. They do not have any intrinsic value. D$ can be used towards the payment of eligible stay charges at any GHA DISCOVERY hotel, with each D$ being equivalent to a credit of USD 1 against the stay charges. D$ cannot be exchanged for cash. See the programme terms and conditions for full details on the use and redemption of D$. D$ issued as part of this Sweepstake’s prizes are promotional and issued to winners’ accounts with an expiration period of six (6) months from the date of issuance. Promotional D$ are excluded from Base D$ expiration rules.
7. NO SUBSTITUTIONS: Prizes are not transferable and are not redeemable for cash. No substitutions or exchanges of the prize will be permitted. GHA DISCOVERY programme benefits and rewards may be subject to income or other taxes or duties. Such taxes and all disclosures related thereto are the absolute responsibility of the winner. GHA’s decision is final, and no correspondence will be entered into. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, GHA shall not be liable for any damage, injury or loss consequential or otherwise caused by participation in the draw or the suitability or use of the prize. Any legal recourse is expressly excluded.
8. PROPERTY RIGHTS RESERVED: Any trademarks, graphic symbols, logos or intellectual property contained in any materials used in connection with this Contest, in particular, that relating to the Contest prizes, are the property of their respective owners. Any dispute about the quality and purposes of the goods and services must be resolved directly with the hotel and its respective outlets or the travel carrier.
9. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: By entering into this Sweepstake, each participant agrees that GHA, GHA member brands, their agents, distributors and any of their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, and employees (collectively, the “Released Parties”) shall not be liable for injury, loss, claims or damage of any kind arising out of or in connection with this Sweepstake, the participants’ acts, omissions or negligence, and/or from the acceptance or use/misuse of the prize awarded. Each participant agrees to waive and release the “Released Parties” from the above-mentioned claims and liabilities. This includes, without limitation, claims and liabilities in respect of personal injury, death, and property damage, and claims based on publicity rights, defamation, or invasion of privacy, to the extent not prohibited by mandatory applicable laws. To the maximum extent permitted by law, each participant and anyone entitled or agreed to act on his/her behalf agrees to indemnify each of the “Released Parties” from any losses, damages, costs, expenses, claims or liabilities of any kind arising in connection with its participation in the Sweepstake, to the extent not prohibited by mandatory applicable laws.
10. PUBLICITY: By participating in the Sweepstake, participants hereby opt-in and agree and authorise GHA to use at its discretion, without further compensation to the participants, any of their names, addresses, images, voices and personal details worldwide in any media, including in print, in websites and on social media channels.
11. VARIATION OF CONTEST RULES: GHA reserves the right to vary or modify these Sweepstake’s Rules or disqualify any participant or winner, in such manner as GHA deems fit, without giving notice or reason, and without any liability to such participant or winner. In particular, no participant shall or shall procure another person to (i) tamper with the registration process or the operation of the Sweepstake or the relevant website, (ii) participate in the Sweepstake in any manner which creates or may create an anomaly in the scoring system or operation of the Sweepstake, and/or (iii) breach these Sweepstake’s Rules or any other applicable law, regulation or obligation. GHA reserves the right, without prior notice and at any time to terminate or cancel the Sweepstake, in whole or in part, or modify the Sweepstake in any way, without liability to any person. If any part of the Sweepstake’s Rules is held to be unenforceable or illegal, such illegal or unenforceable part shall be severed from the Sweepstake’s Rules without affecting the validity of the remaining Sweepstake Rules. GHA shall not be responsible for any breaches of contract or any actions or omissions on the part of suppliers nor be liable in any way to any party for any loss or damage arising in connection with this Sweepstake, for any reason whatsoever, including but not limited to any delay in the processing of entries, error in computing, any breakdown or malfunction in any computer system or equipment, any notice which is misdirected or lost in transit and any acts or omissions in connection with the use of, or the inability to use, the prize. GHA shall not be liable for damage to a user's phone or computer system in any way due to a user's participation in this Sweepstake or downloading of any information in connection with the registration, including without limitation any server failure, lost, delayed or corrupted data or other malfunction.
12. PRIVACY: Participants should be aware that the Sponsor will be collecting, using and disclosing non-public, personally-identifiable data about them in connection with the operation of the Sweepstake for administration purposes, to maintain a record of those who have participated in the Sweepstake and to communicate with potential winners. If you do not provide your personal data for the above purposes, the Sponsor may not be in a position to allow you to participate in the Sweepstake. For participants who are non-U.S. residents, the Sponsor may transfer your personal data to the United States. For EU residents, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) provides a number of protections for the collection and use of your personal data. The collection, use and disclosure of such personal data shall be subject to the GDPR and governed by the Sponsor's Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions, which can be found at Privacy Policy | GHA DISCOVERY.
13. GOVERNING LAW AND ARBITRATION: Except where prohibited, each participant agrees that any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Sweepstake or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the arbitration procedure below. This Sweepstake and the Sweepstake’s Rules shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the substantive laws of England and Wales, without giving regard to its conflict of law provisions. GHA and the Sweepstake participants shall attempt to resolve amicably any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement (the "Dispute"). Should they fail to do so within thirty (30) days after the Dispute arose, either Party may submit the Dispute for final settlement by means of arbitration under the arbitration rules of the Dubai International Financial Centre - London Court of International Arbitration ("DIFC-LCIA") Arbitration Centre, by one (1) arbitrator appointed in accordance with said rules. The seat of arbitration shall be the Dubai International Financial Centre ("DIFC"). The language to be used and any award shall be in the English language.