Win an eight night luxury stay in Sri Lanka, flights included

Competition Terms and Conditions

1. This prize draw (the “Promotion”) is only open to UK residents, excluding employees and agents of (a) the Promoter or (b) any company connected with the production or distribution of this Promotion, as well as their relatives or members of their family or household.

2. Entrants must be aged 18 years or over at the time of entry. Proof of eligibility must be provided upon request. By entering the Promotion you are deemed to accept and be bound by these terms and conditions.

3. The Promotion is free to enter and entrants can enter via the competition page. Only one entry will be accepted per person or email address.

4. The Promotion will start at 00:01 on December 7 2020 and the closing time/date for the Promotion is 23:59 on January 3 2021.

Winner

5. There will be one winner who will be selected in a random draw by an independent judge from all eligible entries, held on January 4 2021. The winner(s) will be notified by the Promoter by email within one week of this date and will be given details of how to accept their prize. Failure by the winner(s) to accept the prize in the manner specified within one week of the Promoter’s email will make any claim invalid and the Promoter will then select another winner (again selected randomly in a draw) from all remaining eligible entries who will be contacted as above.

6. The prize is a free eight-night luxury getaway to Sri Lanka – including flights!

7. Prize is valid for travel between 1st February 2021 and for 12 months from the time the Sri Lankan airport opens.

8. There is an embargo on travel during Easter, half term holidays, and 15th December to 10th January. Gifts, prizes and other promotional items are not transferable, may not be re-sold and are subject to availability. The Promoter reserves the right in their reasonable discretion to substitute any such gift, prize or item with a gift, prize or item of equal value.

9. Exceptions can be made based on availability. The winner must give 2 months’ notice of travel dates, and it will take 7 days for all arrangements to be made.

10. Once plans are confirmed, any changes will incur a £ 150 change fee and costs (if any), unless due to Covid-19. The name and county of the prize winner will be available after the closing date by submitting a written request to the Promoter.

11. Winner must take out travel insurance, and if responsible for any expense outside the economy flights.

12. 8 nights on full board split between Villa Hundira, W15 Hanthana Estate, Tabula Rasa Luxury Hotel and transfers.

13. Entrants agree to provide reasonable cooperation to allow the Promoter to use the name and/or likeness of the winner for advertising and publicity purposes in connection with this Promotion including but not limited to publication of the winner’s name and photograph on the Promoter’s websites. In addition, by submitting an entry and in consideration of the Promoter granting a right to enter the Promotion, entrants agree to grant the Promoter a perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licensable right and licence to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute and exercise all copyright and publicity rights with respect to any materials contained in the entry (including but not limited to text, images or video materials) (the “Materials”) worldwide and/or to incorporate the Materials in other works in any media now known or later developed for the full term of any rights that may exist in the Materials. By submitting Materials to the competition, an entrant:

a. warrants that the Materials are its own original work and that it has the right to make them available for all the purposes specified above; that it does not infringe any law; that it is not obscene or libellous; and that it does not violate the rights of any third party;

b. agrees to indemnify the Promoter against all legal fees, damages and other expenses that may be incurred as a result of a breach of the above warranty;

c. agrees to waive any moral rights in the Materials for the purposes of its submission to, and publication by, the Promoter and the purposes specified above.

Personal information

14. Any personal information provided to us during the entry process (including but not limited to your name, e-mail address, telephone number and date of birth) must be correct. We accept no responsibility for any incorrect personal information provided to us.

15. We will hold your personal information in accordance with these terms and conditions and our privacy policy (available here: https://metro.co.uk/privacypolicy/

16. We will only share your personal information with the Promoter where you are a/the winner of the Promotion or where you have opted in to receive direct marketing from the Promoter (if relevant). The Promoter will hold your personal information as a separate controller in accordance with its privacy policy (secretsofceylon.co.uk/privacy-policy) and shall implement and maintain appropriate technical and organisational security measures in compliance with the GDPR and any other applicable law.

General

17. The determination and decision of the Promoter on all matters shall be final and no promotional correspondence or discussion will be entered into. The Promoter reserves the right in its reasonable discretion: (a) to disqualify any claimant, competitor or nominee whose conduct is contrary to the spirit of the rules or the intention of the promotion and to declare as void any or all of their claims or entries based on such conduct; (b) to declare as void any claims or entries resulting from any printing, production and/or distribution errors (including but not limited to any error(s) on any website of the Promoter, any game cards and/or other printed materials) or where there has been error(s) in any aspect of the preparation for or conduct of the promotion materially affecting the result of the promotion or the number of claimants or the value of claims; (c) to add to or to waive any rules on reasonable notice; and/or (d) to cancel the promotion or any part of it at any stage in the event of circumstances beyond the Promoter’s reasonable control.

18. No entries will be accepted in bulk, from agents or third parties.

19. To the fullest extent permitted by law (and subject to paragraph 16 below), the Promoter hereby excludes all warranties, representations, covenants and liabilities (whether express or implied) relating to this Promotion and/or the prize.

20. Nothing in these terms and conditions shall exclude the Promoter’s liability for: (i) death or personal injury as a result of its negligence; (ii) fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; or (iii) any liability that cannot be limited or excluded by law.

21. The Promoter reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify, suspend or cancel the Promotion should virus, bugs, tampering, fraud or other causes beyond the reasonable control of the Promoter corrupt or hinder the administration, security or proper play of the Promotion.

22. If any of the provisions of these terms and conditions are held to be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part that part shall be severed from the remainder of the provisions and the validity of the other provisions and the remainder of the provision in question shall not be affected.

23. These terms and conditions shall be governed by the laws of England and any dispute shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

Promoter

24. The Promoter is Your Tourism Partner Ltd, 1 Approach Road, London, SW20 8BA (company number 06580299)