OFFICIAL
RULES
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL
NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
1.
HOW TO ENTER: ELLE
Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel Sweepstakes. (“Sweepstakes”). Go to elle.com/hollywoodroosevelt
starting March 22, 2016 at 12:01 AM. ET, ending April 18, 2016 at 11:59 PM ET, on
a computer or wireless device and complete and submit the entry form. Important
Notice: You may be charged for visiting the mobile website in accordance with
the terms of your service agreement with your carrier. Please consult your
wireless service provider regarding your pricing plan. You must use a
Smartphone device to participate via your mobile phone. Not all mobile phone
providers carry the necessary service to participate. Check your phone
capabilities for specific Internet instructions. If your data usage exceeds
what is allotted by your data plan, you could be subject to additional fees by
your carrier. Please contact your mobile service provider with any questions
regarding your bill. Winners/Prizes
and Approximate Retail Value: One
(1) winner will win a trip for two (2) people to Los Angeles (the “Prize(s)”). The
trip for two includes: (i) round-trip coach air transportation for two (2)
people from major airport nearest winner’s residence to a Los Angeles
International Airport (ARV: $1,200, which may vary depending on the location of
the Winner’s residence); (ii) three (3) day, two (2)-night hotel accommodations
at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in the Roosevelt Suite (double occupancy)(ARV:
$3,000); (iii) $500 food and drink vouchers for use at the Hollywood Roosevelt
Hotel; and (iv) valet parking during stay at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
(ARV: $86). Total approximate retail value for all prizes awarded: $4,786. Any
difference between the stated ARV and the actual value of the prize will not be
awarded in any form.
Hotel
accommodations are at Sponsor’s discretion, subject to availability, and
blackout dates may apply. Blackout dates include, but are not limited to,
October 29, 2016, and December 31, 2016.
If, in the judgment of Sponsor, air travel is not required due to
Winner’s proximity to prize location, ground transportation will be substituted
for roundtrip air travel at Sponsor’s sole discretion and no additional
compensation will be provided. Winner has up to one (1) year to take the trip.
Arrangements must be made at least 30 days prior to departure. Once scheduled, the itinerary cannot be
altered and failure of Winner to follow such a schedule shall not obligate
Sponsor in any way to provide the Winner with alternate arrangements. In the
event the Winner is unable to take the trip, then Winner will have to forfeit
the entire prize and the Sponsor will have the right to select another Winner.
Winner will be solely responsible for all meals, incidental expenses, tips and
gratuities, income and other taxes, ground transportation, and all other costs
and expenses not otherwise specified herein. All travelers must possess valid
travel documents. The travel companion of Winner must execute a
Publicity/Liability Release prior to departure. If a Winner doesn’t respond to
winner notification within three (3) business days or is unable to travel on
the dates specified above, the Prize will be forfeited and alternative winner
will be selected.
WINNER SELECTION: Winners (individually
and collectively, the “Winner”) will be selected on or about April 19, 2016 in
a random drawing from among all eligible entries received. In the event the Sponsor does not receive any
eligible entries, the Sponsor has the right to cancel the Sweepstakes. Drawing will be conducted by ELLE Magazine,
whose decisions are final. Odds of
winning will depend upon the total number of eligible entries received. WINNER
NOTIFICATION: Winner will be notified via phone or e-mail at Sponsor’s
discretion on or about April 19, 2016. In
the event the Winner doesn’t respond to Sponsor’s notification or does not accept
the prize within three business days of notification, the prize will be deemed
forfeited and an alternate Winner will be selected. In the event that any one
or more potential Winner(s) fails to respond as stated above, declines the
prize, such Winner(s) will be deemed to forfeit the prize and Sponsor will
select an alternate Winner(s) from the remaining eligible entrants. If any
alternate(s) similarly fails to respond or declines the prize, Sponsor will use
a reasonable number of attempts, in its discretion, to award the prize(s) to
another alternate(s) but if it is unable to do so, the prize(s) will be finally
forfeited and Sponsor shall have no further liability in connection with this
Sweepstakes. LIST OF WINNERS: For the name of the Winner, send a separate
self-addressed, stamped envelope to ELLE Magazine, Floor 10, ELLE Roosevelt
Hotel Sweepstakes Winners’ List,
Hearst Communications, Inc., 300
West 57th Street NY, NY 10019 within two (2) months from the end of
the Sweepstakes.
2. ELIGIBILITY:
Open to legal residents of the 48 contiguous
states and the District of Columbia, who are twenty-one years of age or older at
the time of entry. Void in Puerto Rico, Alaska, Hawaii and where prohibited by
law. Employees of Hearst Communications, Inc. and their respective parents,
affiliates and subsidiaries, participating advertising and promotion agencies,
and prize suppliers (and members of their immediate family and/or those living
in the same of household of each such employees whether legally related or not)
are not eligible.
3. ENTRIES: Limit
one (1) entry per email address per day for Sweepstakes. Multiple entries from the same email on the
same day will be disqualified. Entries
become the property of the Sponsor and will not be returned. Proof of submission does not constitute proof
of receipt. If applicable, inaccurate,
lost, late, misdirected or incomplete or entry forms that have been tampered
with will be disqualified. Entrants must
have valid email address and it is entrant’s responsibility to update Sponsor
of any change in email address. If there
is a dispute as to the identity of an online entrant, the prize will be awarded
to the authorized account holder of the email address. The “authorized account holder” is defined as
the natural person to whom the email address is assigned by an internet service
provider, online service provider, carrier, or other organization (e.g.,
business, educational institution, etc.) that is responsible for assigning the
email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted email
address.
4. CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION: Expenses not specifically included in prize
description and all taxes are the sole responsibility of the Winner. Each prize is awarded “as is” with no
warranty or guarantee, either express or implied outside of manufacturer's
limited warranty. No transfer,
assignment or substitution of a prize permitted, except Sponsor reserves the
right to substitute prize for an item of equal or greater value in the event an
advertised prize is unavailable. The
Winner is required to comply with any and all applicable federal, state, and local laws, rules and regulations. All federal, state and local taxes, and any
other costs not specifically provided for in these Official Rules are solely
the Winner’s responsibility. If the actual retail value of any Winner’s prize
is $600 or more, the Winner must complete a W9 form and supply Sponsor with
his/her social security number for tax purposes. An IRS Form 1099 will be issued in the name
of the Winner (or, if a minor, in the name of the minor) for the actual value
of the prizes received. Sponsor shall have no responsibility or obligation to
the Winner or potential Winner who are unable or unavailable to accept or
utilize prizes as described herein. Entrants agree to be bound by the terms of
these Official Rules and by the decisions of Sponsor, which are final and
binding on all matters pertaining to this Sweepstakes. Winner (and parent or legal guardian if
Winner is a minor) may be required to sign and return an Affidavit of
Eligibility, a Liability Release and where legally permissible a Publicity Release
within two (2) days following the date of first attempted notification. Failure to comply with this deadline may
result in forfeiture of the prize and selection of an alternate Winner. Return of any prize/prize notification as
undeliverable may result in disqualification and selection of an alternate
Winner. Winner hereby further agrees that it will sign any documents necessary
to transfer copyright of his/her submitted entry, if applicable, to Sponsor
within two (2) days following the date of first attempted notification. By
entering, Entrant grants permission for Sponsor, and any of its affiliates and
subsidiaries, participating advertising and promotion agencies, and prize
suppliers to use the entrant’s submission (including an altered form of the entry),
if any, for editorial, advertising and promotional purposes without additional
compensation, unless prohibited by law. If images are being submitted to
Sponsor as a requirement for entry, Entrants agree that they have all rights to
use the images submitted and to allow Sponsor, any of its affiliates and
subsidiaries, participating advertising and promotion agencies, and prize
suppliers to reuse any of the images, without any liability, for editorial,
advertising and promotional purposes. Additionally, acceptance of the prize by
Winner constitutes permission for Sponsor and any affiliates and subsidiaries,
participating advertising and promotion agencies, and prize suppliers to use
Winner’s name and/or likeness and biographical material for editorial, advertising
and promotional purposes without additional compensation, unless prohibited by
law. By accepting prize, Winner agrees to hold Sponsor, its advertising and
promotion agencies and their respective parent companies, subsidiaries,
affiliates, partners, representative agents, successors, assigns, officers,
directors, and employees harmless for any injury or damage caused or claimed to
be caused by participation in the Sweepstakes or acceptance or use of the
prize. Sponsor is not responsible for
any printing, typographical, mechanical or other error in the printing of the
offer, administration of the Sweepstakes or in the announcement of the
prize.
5. INTERNET: Sponsor is not responsible for electronic
transmission errors resulting in omission, interruption, deletion, defect,
delay in operations or transmission, theft or destruction or unauthorized
access to or alterations of entry materials, or for technical, network,
telephone equipment, electronic, computer, hardware or software malfunctions or
limitations of any kind, or inaccurate transmissions of or failure to receive
entry information by Sponsor or presenter on account of technical problems or
traffic congestion on the Internet, at any Web site, or via the mobile phone or
any combination thereof. If for any
reason the Internet or mobile phone portion of the program is not capable of
running as planned, including infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering,
unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes which
corrupt of affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper
conduct of this Sweepstakes, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion
to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Sweepstakes. Sponsor reserves the
right to select winners from eligible entries received as of the termination
date. Sponsor further reserves the right
to disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process. Sponsor may prohibit an entrant from
participating in the Sweepstakes if it determines that said entrant is
attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes by
cheating, hacking, deception or other unfair playing practices or intending to
abuse, threaten or harass other entrants.
Caution: Any attempt by a participant to deliberately damage any Web
site or undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes is a violation of
criminal and civil laws and should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves
the right to seek damages from any such participant to the fullest extent of
the law.
6. DISPUTES/CHOICE OF
LAW: Except where
prohibited, each entrant agrees that: (1) any and all disputes, claims and
causes of action arising out of or connected with this or any prize awarded
shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and
exclusively by state or federal courts situated in New York, NY, (2) any and
all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs
incurred, but in no event attorneys' fees; and (3) no punitive, incidental, special,
consequential or other damages, including without limitation lost profits may
be awarded (collectively, "Special Damages"), and (4) entrant hereby
waives all rights to claim Special Damages and all rights to have such damages
multiplied or increased. New York State
law, without reference to New York’s choice of law rules, governs the
Sweepstakes and all aspects related thereto.
7. SPONSOR: The Sponsor of this Sweepstakes is Hearst Communications,
Inc., 300 W. 57th St., New York, NY 10019.