Travel Industry Pro Education 2024 Gift Card Giveaway 

Official Rules

This Promotion is open to Travel Advisors (as defined below) who are residents of the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Brazil, Switzerland or Canada (excluding Quebec).  Participants must be over the age of 18 at the time of entry.  NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR CLAIM A PRIZE.  A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.

The Travel Industry Pro Education 2024 Gift Card Giveaway (the “Promotion”) begins at 12:01 a.m. EST on July 1, 2024 (the “Promotion Start Date”) and ends at 11:59 p.m. EST on December 31, 2024 (the “Promotion End Date”), such period referred to herein as the “Promotion Period.”  This Promotion consists of four (4) separate drawings (each a “Drawing”). The Promotion is sponsored by Four Seasons Hotels Limited (the “Promotion Sponsor”).  The Promotion Sponsor’s computer is the official clock for the Promotion.  

1. How to Enter: All entrants that are employed as a travel advisor or a travel industry professional (“Travel Advisor”) will be eligible to enter the Promotion.  To enter the Promotion:

  • Register and attend any of the webinars hosted by the Promotion Sponsor (each, a “Webinar”), either live or on demand, during the Promotion Period.
  • Receive certification for the Webinar that was attended.  Certification will be received if (i) entrant attends the Webinar for at least thirty (30) minutes, and (ii) entrant successfully completes a five (5) question certification quiz on the material covered during the Webinar. 
  • Once certification is received, you will be automatically entered into each subsequent Drawing (subject to the remainder of this Section 1).

By entering the Promotion, you agree that you have read and will abide by these Official Rules.  Participation in the Promotion is voluntary and does not require you to purchase anything from the Promotion Sponsor.  To enter the Promotion without attending a Webinar, entrants must print the following information on a three-by-five-inch card: your first name, last name, home address, telephone number, date of birth and e-mail address.  Place the card in an envelope, affix first-class postage, and send it to the Promotion Sponsor at the address below.  No illegible, incomplete, forged, mechanically produced or altered entries will be accepted.  All entries must be received by the end of the Promotion Period, and all eligible entries will be automatically entered into each subsequent Drawing that occurs after receipt thereof (subject to the remainder of this Section 1).  All entries become the property of the Promotion Sponsor and will not be returned. Submitted entries will not be acknowledged. Proof of submission of an entry does not constitute proof of receipt by Promotion Sponsor. All entries are subject to the Promotion Sponsor’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.  

Each entrant is only eligible to win one (1) prize in total for the Promotion even if more than one Webinar is attended during the Promotion Period. For the avoidance of doubt, once an entrant is selected as a winner of a Drawing, such entrant will not be eligible to be selected as a winner of any subsequent Drawings. 

2. Prize: There will be 16 prizes offered to the winners of the Promotion (i.e., four (4) prizes per Drawing), each consisting of a US $100 Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts E-Gift Card.  If redeemed at a hotel or resort managed by the Promotion Sponsor or one of its affiliates where the local currency is other than U.S. dollars, the hotel’s/resort’s current exchange rate will be used to calculate the credit. The winning Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts E-Gift Card will be subject to the Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts Gift Card Conditions of Use.

Odds of winning are affected by the number of eligible entries received by the Promotion Sponsor. Total approximate retail value of all prizes: USD $1,600.  Allow 4 weeks after validation of arrangement for receipt of prize. There is no substitution, cash equivalent or transfer of prizes allowed. Winner will be solely responsible for all other expenses in excess of the gift card amount. The Promotion Sponsor reserves the right to substitute prizes of equal or greater value. No other substitution or transfer of prizes permitted. The Promotion Sponsor is responsible only for prize delivery; not responsible for prize utility, quality or otherwise or for any lost or stolen gift cards once received by winners. In order to receive a prize, winner may be required to provide proof of identification or eligibility.  For residents of the United States and Canada: all federal, state, provincial/territorial, and local taxes, if any, are the responsibility of the winner. If the winner is a resident of the United States and the value of the prize is $600 or greater, she or he will be issued an IRS 1099 U.S. Tax Form “Miscellaneous Income” for the actual value of the prize and is advised to seek independent counsel regarding the tax implications of the prize winnings.  

3. Eligibility: The Promotion is open to Travel Advisors who are legal residents of the 50 United States, the District of Columbia, the United Kingdom, Australia, Brazil, Switzerland and Canada (excluding Quebec) who are at least 18 years old at the time of entry.  The prize shall only be delivered to addresses in those areas.  Entries are limited to individuals only; commercial enterprises and business entities are not eligible.  By participating in the Promotion, each entrant accepts the terms and conditions stated in these Official Rules, agrees to be bound by the decisions of the Promotion Sponsor and warrants that s/he is eligible to participate in the Promotion.  Employees, independent contractors, officers, and directors of (a) the Promotion Sponsor, its affiliates and subsidiaries and (b) owners (“Owners”) of hotels and resorts managed by Promotion Sponsor and its affiliates and subsidiaries, and their immediate family members and persons living in the same household, are not eligible to participate in the Promotion.  PROMOTION IS VOID WHERE PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW and is subject to applicable federal, state, provincial/territorial and local laws and regulations.

4. Selection of Winners: The Promotion Sponsor will randomly select four (4) winners at each Drawing.  The Drawings will take place on or about the following dates with respect to all eligible entries received prior to such dates: July 1, 2024; August 1, 2024; October 1, 2024; and January 1, 2025 (each, a “Selection Date”).  For greater clarity, there will be 16 winners in total consisting of four (4) winners for each of the four (4) Drawings.   The choice of winners is final and binding and not subject to review or appeal. The winners will be notified by e-mail using the information provided on the registration forms for the Webinar or on the three-by-five-inch card, as applicable, within one (1) week of each Selection Date. In order to win, selected Canadian entrants must also correctly answer a time-limited mathematical skill-testing question to be administered by mail, email or telephone.

In the event a winner does not accept the prize within five (5) days of such notice, the winner is ineligible, or the prize or prize notification is not deliverable, an alternate winner may be selected. The Promotion Sponsor is not responsible for and shall not be liable for late, lost, misdirected or unsuccessful efforts to notify winners. Each winner agrees to the use of his/her name, e-mail address, address (by reference only to the state, province, county or region and/or prize information by Promotion Sponsor for the purpose of processing the Promotion, informing the winner of its winning entry, to distribute the prize, to comply with Section 6 below, and as may otherwise be required by law. Where lawful, each winner may be required to sign and return a Publicity Consent and Liability Release.   

5. Conditions: The Promotion Sponsor, Owners and each of their agents, directors, officers, shareholders, employees, insurers, servants, parents, subsidiaries, divisions, affiliates, predecessors, successors, representatives, advertising, promotion, and fulfillment agencies, and legal advisors (the “Released Entities”), are not responsible for, shall not be liable for, and hereby disclaim, to the fullest extent permitted by law) all liability arising from or relating to: (a) late, lost, stolen, delayed, damaged, misdirected, misaddressed, incomplete, unintelligible or postage-due entries; (b) telephone, electronic, hardware or software program, network, Internet, computer or other malfunctions, failures, or difficulties of any kind, whether human or technical; (c) failed, incomplete, garbled, or delayed computer or e-mail transmissions; (d) any condition caused by events beyond the control of the Promotion Sponsor; (e) any injuries, losses, or damages of any kind arising in connection with or as a result of the prize, or acceptance, possession, or use of the prize, or from participation in the Promotion; or (f) any printing or typographical errors in any materials associated with the Promotion.  The Promotion Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to suspend, modify or cancel the Promotion should any unauthorized human intervention or other causes beyond the Promotion Sponsors’ control corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness or proper conduct of the Promotion.  In the event that proper administration of the Promotion is prevented by such causes as contemplated above, the Promotion Sponsor will select the winners from all eligible, non-suspect entries received prior to such occurrence.  In the event of a dispute as to the identity of a winner based on an email address, the winning entry will be deemed to be made by the authorized account holder of the email address at time of entry. “Authorized account holder” is the natural person who is assigned an email address by an internet service provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for the domain associated with the email address in question.  By participating in the Promotion, participants and winners agree to release, discharge and hold harmless the Released Entities, and all others associated with the development and execution of the Promotion, from any and all losses, damages, rights, claims and actions of any kind arising out of or relating to the Promotion, participation in the Promotion, the prize, and/or acceptance, possession, use or misuse of the prize, including but not limited to statutory and common law claims for misappropriation or participant’s right of publicity.  This Promotion shall be governed by: (i) New York law for any disputes involving residents of the United States or Brazil, (ii) the laws of the province of Ontario and all federal Canadian laws applicable therein for any disputes involving residents of Canada, (iii) the laws of England and courts of England and Wales for any disputes involving residents of the United Kingdom or Australia, and (iv) the laws of Switzerland for any disputes involving residents of Switzerland. 

6. Winners List: For the name of the winners, please send a self-addressed stamped envelope to the Promotion Sponsor within ninety (90) days of the Selection Date (residents of Vermont and Washington may exclude postage).

7. Promotion Sponsor:

Four Seasons Hotels Limited
1165 Leslie Street
Toronto, Ontario
M3C 2K8 CANADA 

For enquiries, please email wso@fourseasons.com.

8. Notice: The Promotion Sponsor reserves the right to prosecute and seek damages against any individual who attempts to deliberately undermine the proper operation of the Promotion in violation of these Official Rules and/or criminal and/or civil law. 

9. Copyright © 2024 Four Seasons Hotels Limited.  All rights reserved.  Four Seasons Hotels Limited and the associated logo and Tree Device are registered trademarks of Four Seasons Hotels Limited and its affiliates.  Any other trademarks in these Official Rules are used for prize identification purposes ONLY and are the properties of their respective owners.