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Embassy Suites Get More Vacation Contest ~FB~ July 20, 2012 ~ Photo Required

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Entry: http://www.facebook.com/EmbassySu...4143408870

Five lucky families will win a week-long family vacation!
Each vacation package includes:
Seven nights at any Embassy Suites Hotels™
$10,000 for spending cash and round trip airfares for four
Contest Instructions
Show us your family's "vacation face" – that look of excitement and joy you get when you've finally booked that much-needed vacation. Upload your family's "vacation face" photo with a caption explaining how your family plans to get the most out of your summer vacation – before, during and after.
Prize Eligibility
Only persons residing in Canada, Puerto Rico, and United States who are at least 18 years of age can enter.

Rules: http://embassysuites3.hilton.com/...rules.html



OFFICIAL RULES

NAME OF PROMOTION: Embassy Suites Get More Vacation Contest (the "Promotion" or "Contest")

SPONSOR: Hilton Worldwide, 7930 Jones Branch Drive, Ste 1100, McLean, VA, 22102

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

AGREEMENT TO OFFICIAL RULES: By participating in the Promotion or by accepting the prize(s), the 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, and also agrees to accept any prize(s) as awarded based on availabity. In addition, the entrant represents and warrants that he or she has comped with these Official Rules and Submission Requirements as appcable. Whether an entrant receives a prize is contingent upon fulfilng all requirements set forth herein.

TIMING: The Promotion begins on June 5, 2012 at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time ("EST") and ends on July 20, 2012 at 9:00 pm EST (the "Promotion Period"). The Sponsor's computer is the official time-keeping device for the Promotion.

HOW TO ENTER: During the Promotion Period, visit http://www.facebook.com/EmbassySuitesHotels ("Website"), select the Get More Vacation Contest Thumbnail, and in accordance with the on-screen instructions: complete and submit the registration fields, upload an original photo depicting your family's vacation face photo once your vacation has been booked, in anticipation of your vacation (the "Photo") along with a caption explaining how your family plans to get the most out of your summer vacation – before, during and after. (the "Caption") (the Photo and Caption collectively referred to as your "Submission" and the registration fields and Submission collectively referred to as the "Entry") and click "submit" to enter for a chance to win. Limit one (1) entry per person per email address. The Sponsor is not responsible for Entries that, for any reason, are not received, or for Entries that are received, but are not decipherable for any reason. By completing the registration and uploading your Submission, you agree that it conforms to the Submission Requirements as defined below and that the Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may remove your Submission and disqualify you from the Contest if it believes in its sole discretion that your Submission fails to conform to the Submission Requirements or any provision of these Official Rules.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS: All Submissions must meet the following requirements to be egible:

For the Photo- Must be in the format of .jpg, .gif or .png.
For the Caption- Must be English between 25 and 100 words.


Each Submission must also comply with the following additional Submission Guidelines:

The Submission may not contain any content that is lewd, obscene, sexually expcit, pornographic, disparaging, defamatory, belous, obscene, or that otherwise contains inappropriate content or objectionable material as determined by Sponsor in its sole and unfettered discretion.


The Submission must be the Entrant's original work, created solely by the Entrant, and must not infringe the copyright, trademark, privacy, pubcity, or other intellectual rights of any person or entity.


If any person appears in the Submission other than the Entrant, the Entrant is responsible for obtaining, prior to sending the Entry, any and all releases and consents necessary to permit the exhibition and use of the Submission by Sponsor as set forth in these Official Rules. If any person appearing in any Submission is under the age of majority in their state, country or province of residence, the signature of a parent or legal guardian is required on each release.


The Submission must not contain any personally identifiable information of any person other than the Entrant. Should the Entrant include personally identifiable information about him/herself in his/her Submission, Entrant acknowledges and agrees that such information will be disclosed pubcly and Entrant is solely responsible for any consequences thereof.


Entrants may not be, nor may Entrant work with parties in conjunction with their Submissions, who: 1) are represented under contract (e.g., by a talent agent or manager) that would mit or impair Sponsor's abity to display the Submissions in any media form; 2) have an acting or modeng contract that would make their appearance in the Submission a violation of any third party rights; of 3) are under any other contractual relationship, including but not mited to guild and/or union memberships, that may prohibit them from participating fully in this Contest, or from allowing Sponsor to use royalty-free, the Submissions worldwide in all media in perpetuity.


The Submission must not contain any commercial content or logos.


The Submission may not have been previously pubshed and may not have won previous awards.


The Submission may not contain any material or elements that are not owned by the Entrant and/or which are subject to the rights of third parties.
By submitting your Entry, you agree that your Entry conforms to these Official Rules and that Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may disquafy your Entry for any reason at any time, including if it determines, in its sole discretion, that your Entry fails to conform to these Official Rules in any way or otherwise contains unacceptable content as determined by Sponsor, in its sole discretion.

By submitting an Entry, Entrant hereby grants permission for the Submission to be posted on the Website and/or other websites. Entrant agrees that Released Parties (as defined below) are not responsible for any unauthorized use of Entries by third parties. Released Parties do not guarantee the posting of any Submission. Entrants agree that they will not use the Submission for any other purpose, including, without mitation, posting the Submission to any onne social networks, without the express consent of Sponsor in each instance.

USE OF SUBMISSION:
Uploading a Submission constitutes entrant's consent to give Sponsor and its censees, successors and assigns and any designated person or entity acting on its behalf a royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive cense to use, reproduce, modify, pubsh, exploit, modify, edit, transmit, distribute, create derivative works from, and display such Submission (including without mitation, the names and kenesses of any persons or locations embodied therein) in whole or in part, on a worldwide basis, and to incorporate it into other works, in any form, media or technology now known or later developed, including for Sponsor's promotional or marketing purposes in perpetuity without compensation, permission or notification to Entrant or any third party. If requested, the Entrant will sign any additional documentation for the Sponsor , its censees, successors, assigns or its designees to make use of the non-exclusive rights the entrant is granting to use the Submission.



JUDGING:
All egible Submissions received by Sponsor will be judged by a panel of quafied judges based on the following equally weighed criteria: Creativity of Photo (1-5 points); Creativity of Caption (1-5 points); and Appropriateness to Theme (1-5 points). The five (5) Entries with the highest scores will be deemed the Grand Prize winners. In the event of a tie, the person among the tied entrants with the highest score in Creativity of Photo will be declared the winner. If a tie still exists, the person among the remaining tied entrants with the highest score in Creativity of Caption will be declared the winner. Sponsor reserves the right not to award all prizes if, in its sole discretion, it does not receive a sufficient number of egible and quafied Submissions.



Each potential winner will be required to sign an Affidavit of Egibity, a abity/Pubcity Release (where lawful) within five (5) business days of notification. If the potential winner does not complete the required forms as instructed and/or return the required forms within such time period , the Sponsor may disquafy the potential winner and, at the Sponsor's option, select an alternate winner.



PRIZES: Five (5) grand prize winners will each receive: Seven (7) Be My Guest Certificates, each vad for one (1) night hotel accommodations in a standard suite at any Embassy Suites Hotel worldwide of winner's choice (maximum capacity of six people per room) and check(s) totang in the amount of $10,000.00 U.S. dollars made payable to the grand prize winner, which includes $5,000.00 which may be used towards a round trip economy class airne tickets for four (4) people and $5,000.00 which may be used for vacation spending money. Winner is responsible for paying the appcable income taxes on receipt of prize. Any difference between actual costs incurred by winner on airne transportation and $5,000 will not be awarded to the winner. Furthermore, any difference between actual costs incurred by winner on spending money during vacation and $5,000 will not be awarded to the winner. Certificates are subject to terms and conditions specified thereon. Certificates expire one (1) year from date of issue. Certificate appes to room rate and corresponding tax only and does not apply to gratuities or any incidental charges incurred during the winner's stay. Fourteen (14) days advanced hotel reservation required. Hotel accommodations are subject to availabity. Must disclose use of certificate at time of reservation and must book a non-prepaid reservation. Grand prize winners are responsible for booking their airne reservations. Total Approximate Retail Value ("ARV") of each grand prize: US$11,190.00. All federal, state and local income taxes in connection with the receipt and use of the grand prize and any other expenses associated with grand prize acceptance and use not stated herein as being provided are the sole responsibity of the grand prize winner.

Winners may not substitute, assign or transfer a prize or redeem the Certificates for cash, but Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to substitute a prize (or any portion thereof) with one of comparable or greater value. All prize details are at Sponsor's sole discretion. mit one (1) prize per household.

NOTIFICATION: The potential winners will be notified by email on or around July 27, 2012 to request all egibity information, and to complete a prize affidavit (the "Prize Notification"). In the event that the Prize Notification is returned as undeverable, or the potential Winner is otherwise unreachable for any reason, the Sponsor may award to an alternate potential Winner. If any potential Winner does not respond to any such Prize Notification within seven (7) days of date of receipt, a disquafication may result, and the Prize may be forfeited, at the Sponsor's sole discretion. Failure to submit any identification required by Sponsor or to return the required documents within the specified time period, noncompance with these Official Rules or the return of any Prize or Prize Notification as undeverable may result in disquafication, and Prize may be forfeited and, at Sponsor's sole discretion and time permitting, may cause an alternate potential Winner to be chosen from among all remaining egible entries.



WAIVER OF LIABILITY/PUBLICITY RELEASE: By participating in the Promotion and submitting an entry, each entrant agrees to (i) be bound by these Official Rules, including all entry requirements, and (ii) waive any and all claims against Sponsor, Facebook and their respective parents, affiated companies, subsidiaries, officers, directors, employees, agents, censees, distributors, dealers, retailers, printers, hotels (managed, franchised and owned by Sponsor), representatives and advertising and promotion agencies, and any and all other companies associated with the Promotion, and all of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives (collectively, "Released Parties") for any injury, damage or loss of any kind, to persons or property that may occur, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from the participation in the Promotion or from the receipt, acceptance, use or misuse of any Prize (including without mitation any travel or activity related to the receipt or use of any Prize). Each Winner, by acceptance of Prize, grants to the Sponsor, its censees, successors and assigns and each of their respective designees the right to pubcize such Winner's name, address (city, state, and country of residence), photograph, voice, statements and/or other keness and prize information in any media now known or hereafter devised for advertising and promotional purposes, throughout the world, in perpetuity, without mitation and without additional compensation or consideration, notification or permission, unless prohibited by law.



GENERAL CONDITIONS: In the event of a dispute as to any Submission, the authorized account holder of the email address used to register will be deemed to be the entrant and must comply with these Official Rules and Restrictions. The "authorized account holder" is the natural person assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, onne service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the submitted address. Each entrant may be required to show proof of being an authorized account holder. By participating in the Promotion and submitting an Entry, each Entrant agrees to all terms and conditions and further agrees that the Released Parties are not responsible for late, incomplete, inaccurate, misdirected, lost, damaged, delayed, ; or for lost, interrupted or unavailable network, server, Internet Service Provider (ISP), website, or other connections, availabity or accessibity or miscommunications or failed computer, satelte, telephone or cable transmissions, nes, or technical failure or jumbled, scrambled, delayed, or misdirected transmissions or computer hardware or software malfunctions, failures or difficulties, or other errors or problems of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic, network, computer, typographical, printing or otherwise relating to or in connection with the Promotion, including, without mitation, errors or difficulties which may occur in connection with the administration of the Promotion, the processing of entries, the announcement of the Prize or in any Promotion-related materials, or the cancellation or postponement of any travel fght or lodging. Released Parties are also not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by website users, tampering, hacking, or by any equipment or programming associated with or utized in the Promotion. Released Parties are not responsible for injury or damage to participants' or to any other person's computer related to or resulting from participating in this Promotion or downloading materials from or use of the Website. Persons who tamper with or abuse any aspect of the Promotion or website or attempt to undermine the legitimate operation of the Promotion by cheating, deception or other unfair playing practices, or intend to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other entrant or Sponsor's representatives or who are in violation of these Official Rules, as solely determined by Sponsor, will be disquafied and all associated entries will be void. Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to suspend, modify or terminate the Promotion should any portion of the Promotion be, in Sponsor's sole opinion, compromised by virus, worms, bugs, non-authorized human intervention or other causes which, in the sole opinion of the Sponsor, corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play, or submission of entries, and, if terminated, Sponsor will select the top five (5) Submissions in accordance with the above stated judging criteria from all egible, non-suspect entries received prior to action taken or as otherwise deemed fair and appropriate by Sponsor. Any attempt to deberately damage the content or operation of this Promotion is unlawful and subject to legal action by the Sponsor or their respective agents. Sponsor shall have the sole right to disquafy any entrant for violation of these Official Rules or any appcable laws relating to the Promotion, and to resolve all disputes in their sole discretion. Sponsor's failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.

GOVERNING LAW AND VENUE: All issues and questions concerning the construction, vadity, interpretation and enforceabity of these Official Rules or the rights and obgations of participants or Sponsor in connection with the Contest shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the state of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or confct of law rules or provisions that would cause the appcation of any other state laws. Claims may not be resolved through any form of class action. Venue for all suits will be in the Eastern District of Virginia or, if there's no federal jurisdiction, Fairfax County, Virginia.

CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT BY AN ENTRANT TO DEBERATELY DAMAGE ANY WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE CONTENT OR LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS PROMOTION IS A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR WILL DISQUAFY ANY SUCH ENTRANT AND RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SEEK DAMAGES (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS' FEES) AND OTHER REMEDIES FROM ANY SUCH ENTRANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. Entries generated by a script, macro or other mechanical or automated means will be disquafied.

WINNERS ST/OFFICIAL RULES: To obtain a copy of the winners st, send a self-addressed stamped envelope (residents of Vermont may omit return postage) to The Embassy Suites Get More Vacation Contest Winners st, c/o Hilton Worldwide, 7930 Jones Branch Drive, Ste 1100, McLean, VA, 22102. All such requests must be received by August 31, 2012. These Official Rules will be posted on the Website.

ENTRANT INFORMATION: Entrants' information will be collected in accordance with Sponsor's privacy pocy available at http://www1.hilton.com/en_US/hi/c...cy-pocy.do.

The Promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook. Any questions, comments or complaints regarding the Promotion should be directed to Sponsor at [email protected] and not Facebook. By entering the Promotion, you understand that you are submitting your information to Sponsor and not to Facebook.




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The Promotion is open only to individuals who 1) are legal residents of the fifty (50) United States, The District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Canada (excluding Quebec) 2) are the age of majority in their state/jurisdiction of residence at the time of entry (and at least 18 years of age); 3) have access to the Internet and have not purchased Internet service in order to participate in this Promotion; and 4) are not employees, officers, directors, or their immediate family members (spouse, parent, child, sibng or their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside, or member of the same household, whether or not related) of Sponsor or any and all other companies associated with the Promotion. The Promotion is subject to all appcable federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations. Void outside the United States where prohibited or restricted by law, rule or regulation. Void in Quebec, other U.S. territories and possessions and where prohibited.

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