1. THE CONTEST
The “Launching of the @quebecyqb Instagram Account” contest is organized by Aéroport de Québec Inc. (“AQi”). It will take place on the website www.instagram.com from 8:30 a.m. (EST) on Friday, July 15, 2016 to 11:59 p.m. (EST) on Friday, September 2, 2016 (the “duration of the contest”).
2. ELIGIBILITY
The contest is open to all residents of Québec aged eighteen (18) and over at the time of their participation. Employees of AQi or of the service provider for this contest are excluded, along with the immediate family members of AQi employees, namely: a brother, sister, child, father, mother or spouse.
3. PARTICIPATION
You can participate in the contest as follows:
3.1 Via an Instagram account
To participate in the contest, you must:
3.1.1
Have an Instagram account.
3.1.2
Upload a photograph or video of yourself, taken at the Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport, stating the reason for your visit as the caption for the image. The date on which the image was captured is not important, but you must have access to it if you are the contest winner. The date of the image will be required to complete the Transfer of Rights form.
3.1.3
To be eligible, your photograph or video must tag @quebecyqb and include the hashtag #YQB75.
Conditions governing the eligibility of the photographs and videos uploaded:
- One participation per week is authorized. A participant who uploads more than one image in a given week will only be eligible once for the weekly draw.
- The photographs and videos must be shared publicly.
- The photographs and videos must be free of all rights concerning their use, copy, modification, publication and distribution, for all types of media.
- The photographs and videos must not have inappropriate content, such as content that is explicitly sexual, offensive, harassing, discriminatory, defamatory, violent, malicious, heinous or derogatory to the products or services of Aéroport de Québec Inc. or the service provider for the contest.
- The photographs and videos must not include images or language that are suggestive of or encourage an illegal activity.
- Any person who fails to comply with any of the above conditions will be automatically disqualified from the contest and undertakes to indemnify AQi for any damages resulting from the use of the photograph or video.
3.2 No purchase required
No purchase is required to participate in the contest.
4. PRIZE
The contest offers a single prize. The prize is a return trip to Toronto with an approximate retail value of $1,000, including access to the VIP Room prior to departure from Québec City (YQB). The trip may be transferred by the winner to another person. The winner cannot choose between the trip and an equivalent amount in cash. The choice of airline will be made by AQi. The trip is for two (2) people. The duration of the trip is decided by the winner. The winner has until September 8, 2017 to make the trip. The trip includes no accommodation, meals, transfers or insurance. The reservation must be made at least twenty (20) days prior to departure.
5. DRAW AND CHANCE OF WINNING
The deadline for participating in the contest is 11:59 p.m. on September 2. The photographs and videos will be assessed and selected by a panel of judges. One finalist will be selected by random draw each week on Friday, beginning on July 22, 2016 and ending on September 2, 2016. The finalist selected from among the finalists announced each week will be informed on September 8, 2016 in Québec City at the event celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport at the centre de services combinés located at 900, 9e rue de l’aéroport, Québec City (Québec) at 7:00 p.m. All the finalists will be invited to attend the event. The chances that a participant is selected as a finalist depend on the number of entries received and registered during the contest and the number of entries submitted by a participant during the contest and on the discretionary powers of the panel of judges.
6. AWARD OF PRIZE
To be declared the winner, the selected finalist must
6.1
Be informed in person or via Instagram on September 8, 2016. The selected finalist will receive all the details needed to contact AQi by E-mail, within a maximum of seventy-two (72) hours; failing this, another draw may take place to designate another finalist. If a notification E-mail is sent and a non-delivery notification is received, AQi will conduct another draw.
6.2
Complete and sign the Transfer of Rights form and liability waiver (the “Declaration Form”), indicating compliance with all the conditions set out in these rules, and return it to AQi within seventy-two (72) hours after receiving it.
6.3
Reply correctly to the mathematical skill question on the Declaration Form.
6.4
Provide a photo identity document on request at a suitable time.
6.5
Consent to the publication, by AQi, of the selected finalist’s photograph or video on various platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc.) to announce the contest winner. Consent must be given using the Declaration Form.
A selected finalist who fails to comply with a condition of these rules or fails to accept the prize will be disqualified. In such a case, AQi may, at its sole discretion, cancel the prize or conduct a new draw to select a new finalist and declare that finalist the winner.
7. GENERAL CONDITIONS
7.1 Verification – The photographs and videos submitted, the entries made and the Declaration Form are subject to verification by AQi. Any photographs and videos submitted or entries made that are incomplete, illegible, fraudulent, obtained from unauthorized sources, submitted or sent late, or otherwise non-compliant, will be automatically rejected and will not create an entitlement to entry or to the prize. In such a case, AQi may, at its discretion, conduct a new draw.
7.2 Disqualification and exclusion – AQi reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel one or more entries made by a person or to disqualify a person from this contest or exclude the person from any future contest or promotion organized by AQi if the person participates or attempts to participate in the contest using a means that is contrary to these rules, is suspected of influencing the organization of the contest, makes a false statement concerning the person’s participation, or infringes these rules. The person may be reported to the competent judicial authorities.
7.3 Contest procedure – Any attempt to deliberately cause damage to the contest or to any related website, or to sabotage the legitimate contest procedure, constitutes a violation of civil and criminal law. In the event of such an attempt, AQi reserves the right to reject the entry made by the participant and to obtain reparation in accordance with law.
7.4 Acceptance of prize – The prize must be accepted as described in these rules and may in no case be replaced, in whole or in part, by another prize.
7.5 Limitation of liability – By participating in this contest, the winner relieves AQi and its employees of all liability for any damage the winner may sustain by accepting and using the prize, and in particular any tax implications.
7.6 Instagram functionality – AQi makes no guarantee of any kind that the Instagram platform or any related site will be accessible or functional without interruption during the contest or will be free of error.
7.7 Contest functionality – AQi declines all responsibility for the failure of any computer hardware or software or communication link, for any loss or lack or network communication or any defective, incomplete, unintelligible or erased transmission caused by any hardware or network that may limit or prevent participation in the contest. AQi declines all liability or loss that may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, by the downloading of any webpage connected to participation in the contest.
7.8 Changes to the contest – AQi reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, change or suspend the contest, in whole or in part, in particular if an event or human action alters or influences the administration, safety, impartiality or procedure of the contest as provided for in these rules, subject to approval from the Régie des alcools des courses et des jeux du Québec, if required.
7.9 End of participation in the contest – If the computer system is unable to record all entries during the contest, for whatever reason, or if participation in the contest must end, in whole or in part, before the scheduled date, the draw may take place, at the discretion of AQi, among the entries duly recorded during the contest or, if applicable, up to the time of the event that ended participation in the contest.
7.10 Prize limit – In no case may AQi be required to allocate more prizes or allocate a prize otherwise than in accordance with these rules.
7.11 Participation in the contest – By participating or attempting to participate in this contest, each participant relieves AQi of liability for any damage the participant may sustain by participating or attempting to participate in the contest.
7.12 Authorization – By participating in the contest, the finalist authorizes the contest organizers and their representatives to use, if required, the finalist’s name, photograph, image, voice, place of residence and/or statements concerning the prize for advertising purposes, without any form of remuneration.
7.13 Communication with participants – No communication or correspondence will be entered into with participants in connection with this contest otherwise than in compliance with these rules or on the initiative of the contest organizers.
7.14 Personal information – The personal information on participants gathered during the contest will be used only for the purposes of the contest. No communication, whether commercial or not, that is not connected to the contest will be sent to participants unless they have consented to receive it.
7.15 Property – The Declaration Form is the property of AQi and will not be returned to the participant.
7.16 Identification of participant – For the purpose of these rules, the participant is the person whose name is associated with the Instagram account, and this is the person to whom the prize will be awarded if selected and declared the winner, subject to the next paragraph.
7.17 AQi decision – Any decision by AQi concerning this contest is final and cannot be appealed, subject to a decision made by the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux du Québec concerning any matter under its responsibility.
7.18 Disputes – A dispute concerning the organization and conduct of a publicity contest can be submitted to the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux du Québec for a decision. A dispute concerning the allocation of the prize can only be submitted to the Régie as part of an intervention to attempt to settle the dispute.
7.19 Instagram platform – This contest is not associated with, managed by or sponsored by Instagram. Any question, complaint or comment concerning the contest must be submitted to AQi and not to Instagram. Instagram is not responsible for any claim arising from or relating to the organization of the contest. By participating in the contest, participants undertake to comply with the terms and conditions of use, the contracts and the other policies and/or guidelines governing the Instagram platform. Participants also relieve AQi of responsibility for any damages they may sustain through use of the Instagram platform.