"Best of All Worlds" Sweepstakes

OFFICIAL SWEEPSTAKES RULES

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OPEN ONLY TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF ONE (1) THE FIFTY (50) UNITED STATES OR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WHO ARE AT LEAST EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OLD AS OF THE DATE OF ENTRY. ODDS OF WINNING WILL DEPEND ON THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE ENTRIES RECEIVED. WINNER WILL BE REQUIRED TO EXECUTE A PRIZE ACCEPTANCE AGREEMENT AS MORE FULLY DETAILED BELOW.

By entering the "Best of All World" Sweepstakes (the "Promotion"), entrants accept and agree to be bound by these "Official Rules". Any violation of these Official Rules may, at Sponsors' discretion, result in disqualification.

  1. PROMOTION PERIOD. Promotion begins on or about 12:01 AM Eastern Time ("ET") on May 24, 2010 and ends at 11:59 PM ET on August 31, 2010, during which period all entries must be received ("Promotion Period"). The Web Site's (defined below) database clock will be the official timekeeper for this Sweepstakes.
  2. ELIGIBILITY. This Promotion is only open to legal residents of any one (1) of the fifty (50) United States or the District of Columbia who are at least 18 years old as of the date of entry, except officers, directors, members, and employees of Conde Nast Publications ("Administrator"), Hyatt Corporation (together with Administrator, "Sponsor"), or their promotional partners, prize providers or any other party associated with the development or administration of this Promotion (collectively, with Sponsors and Administrator, the "Promotion Entities"), and the immediate family members (i.e., parents, legal guardians, children, siblings, spouse regardless of where they live), and persons residing in the same household of such individuals whether or not related thereto. This Promotion is void outside of the fifty (50) United States and the District of Columbia, and where prohibited by law.
  3. HOW TO ENTER. Visit www.hyattbestofallworlds.com ("Web Site") during the Promotion Period and follow the instructions to provide the required information in order to complete and submit the entry form. All entries become the property of the Sponsors and will not be acknowledged or returned. Limit: One (1) entry per person and per e-mail address during the Promotion Period. All entrant information, including e-mail addresses, is subject to the Privacy Policy of the Sponsors Entries made by any other individual or any entity, and/or originating at any other web site, including, without limitation, commercial sweepstakes subscription notification and/or entering service sites, will be declared invalid and disqualified for this Promotion. For purposes of this Promotion, an entry is "received" when the Web Site's servers record the entry information. Proof of sending (such as an automated computer receipt confirming entry or "thanks for entering" screen or message) does not constitute proof of actual receipt of an entry for purposes of this Promotion.
  4. WINNER SELECTION AND NOTIFICATION. Winner selection will be conducted by random drawing from all eligible entries on or about September 14, 2010 (the "Drawing Date"). The random drawing to determine the winner will be conducted by Administrator, whose decisions are final and binding with respect to the selection of the winner. The potential winner will be notified by mail, email and/or telephone (at Sponsors' sole discretion) within approximately ten (10) days after the Drawing Date. If a potential winner: (i) cannot be contacted after a reasonable attempt has been made by Sponsors (as determined in Sponsors' sole discretion); (ii) does not respond within five (5) days from the date the Sponsors first tries to notify him/her or as otherwise instructed by Sponsors; (iii) fails to return the Affidavit and Release (as defined in Rule 9 below and without alteration and in the form presented by Sponsors); (iv) refuses the prize; and/or (v) the prize or prize notification is rejected or returned as undeliverable, such potential winner forfeits all rights to win the Promotion and receive the prize, and an alternate potential winner may be selected. (After five (5) such alternate potential winners have been selected without securing an eligible winner, the prize may remain un-awarded.) Upon contacting a potential winner and Sponsors and Administrator determining that he/she has met all eligibility requirements of the Promotion, including, without limitation, the execution of the Affidavit and Release, such individual will be declared the "winner" of the Promotion.
  5. PRIZE DESCRIPTION. There will be one (1) winner in this Promotion. The prize includes: (i) one (1) standard hotel room (quad-occupancy) for three (3) nights at a participating Hyatt Resort in North American and the Caribbean selected by the winner. Participating locations are: Hyatt Regency Aruba Resort and Casino; Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort and Spa; Park Hyatt Beaver Creek Resort and Spa; Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort and Spa; Hyatt Regency Cancun; Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay Golf Resort Spa and Marina; Hyatt Regency Clearwater Beach Resort and Spa; Hyatt Regency Curacao Golf Resort, Spa and Marina; Hyatt Regency Pier Sixty-Six Resort & Spa; Hyatt Regency Huntington Beach Resort and Spa; Hyatt Grand Champions Resort, Villas and Spa; Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort and Spa; Hyatt Key West Resort and Spa; Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe Resort, Spa and Casino; Hyatt Regency Maui Resort & Spa; Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress; Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort and Spa; Park Hyatt Aviara Resort and Spa; Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort & Spa; Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort and Spa at Gainey Ranch and Hyatt Regency Waikiki Beach Resort and Spa (ii) four (4) round-trip coach airline tickets for the winner and three (3) companions via a Sponsor-selected air carrier(s) from the major commercial airport selected by Sponsors in their sole and absolute discretion in proximity to winner's primary residence in the US to the major commercial airport in proximity to the selected Hyatt Resort, and (iii) a $500 Hyatt gift card to use on the resort location at the selected Hyatt Resort to customize the trip. Gift card may be subject to certain restrictions including expiration date. Gift Card terms and conditions are available at: https://www.certificates.hyatt.com/TermCheckCardsCerts.aspx. The total approximate retail value ("ARV") of the prize is Three Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($3,500). The actual value of the prize may vary depending on exact itinerary. Actual value may also vary based on fluctuations in price for airfare and/or accommodations, travel dates, and distance between departure and destination. Hotel taxes, ground transportation, travel insurance, bag check fees, meals, alcoholic and other beverages, in-room or other personal charges at lodging (e.g., mini-bar, movies), telephone calls, merchandise, souvenirs, gratuities, incidentals, and all other expenses unless expressly mentioned in these Official Rules are not included and are solely the winner's responsibility. Winner and travel companions must travel together on the same itinerary. All travel arrangements must be made through the Sponsors or Sponsors' designee and possess all required travel documents, including visas and valid passports, if and as applicable. It is the responsibility of the winner and their companions to provide proper documentation (including government issued picture identification). Trip must be booked by December 14, 2010 and completed by September 14, 2011, and may be subject to certain other restrictions, including, without limitation, blackout dates and availability. Sponsors will attempt to accommodate winner's preferred itinerary, but all specifics thereof will be at Sponsors' sole discretion. If, in the sole judgment of Sponsors, air travel is not required due to winner's proximity to prize location, ground transportation may be substituted for roundtrip air travel and winner will not receive any difference in the value of the prize. Unless child of winner, travel companion must be at least the age of majority in their state of residence (which is eighteen (18) in most states but is nineteen (19) in Alabama and Nebraska and twenty-one (21) in Mississippi) as of the date of departure. Travel companion must execute liability/publicity releases prior to issuance of travel documents. Once a travel companion is selected, he/she may not be substituted, except in Sponsors' sole and absolute discretion. Airline tickets are non-refundable/non-transferable and are not valid for upgrades and/or frequent flyer miles. All airline tickets are subject to flight variation, work stoppages, and schedule or route changes. The winner will not receive cash or any other form of compensation if actual travel costs are less than the estimate made in these Official Rules. The round trip air transportation element for the prize begins and ends at the point of departure. The prize is subject to seat and hotel availability, as well as Sponsors' terms and conditions generally applicable thereto. Sponsors shall not be responsible for any cancellations, delays, diversions or substitution or any act or omissions whatsoever by the air carriers, hotels, venue operators, transportation companies, prize providers or any other persons providing any prize-related services or accommodations. Sponsors are not liable for any missed prize events, opportunities or expenses incurred as a consequence of flight cancellation/delay or ground transportation delay. No refund or compensation will be made in the event of the cancellation or delay of any transportation or other prize element except at the sole and absolute discretion of Sponsors. Winner and companions are also responsible for obtaining travel insurance (and all other forms of insurance) at their option and hereby acknowledge that Sponsors have not and will not obtain or provide travel insurance or any other form of insurance. The winner may be required to provide a credit card at the time of hotel check-in. Travel is subject to the terms and conditions set forth in these Official Rules, and those set forth by Sponsors' transportation carrier(s) of choice. Lost, stolen or damaged airline tickets, travel vouchers or certificates will not be replaced or exchanged. Transportation carrier and hotel regulations and conditions apply. Travel and lodging are subject to availability, and any changes made to either of these will be at the expense of the winner.
  6. TAXES. All federal, state and/or local income and other taxes, if any, are the winner's sole responsibility. The ARV of the prize is based on available information provided to Sponsors and the value of any prize awarded to a winner may be reported for tax purposes as required by law. An IRS Form 1099 may be issued in the name of winner, or if a minor in the jurisdiction in which s/he resides, in the name of his/her parent or legal guardian, for the actual value of the prize received. Failure to complete the trip prize does not relieve the winner of his/her tax obligations associated with winning the trip prize.
  7. ODDS OF WINNING. The odds of winning this Promotion depend on the number of eligible entries received.
  8. NO PRIZE TRANSFER OR SUBSTITUTION. No prize or any portion thereof is transferable or redeemable for cash. Any portion of the prize that is not used is forfeited. No substitutions for prize, or any portion thereof, except by Sponsors, in their sole discretion, in which case a prize of equal or greater value will be substituted. All prize details not specified in these Official Rules will be determined in Sponsors' sole and absolute discretion. In the event a prize winner and/or his or her companions engage in behavior that (as determined by Sponsors or any prize provider in its or their sole and absolute discretion) is obnoxious, inappropriate, or threatening, illegal or that is intended to annoy, abuse, threaten or harass any other person, Sponsors reserve the right to terminate the trip or other applicable experience early. Unclaimed prizing will be forfeited.
  9. LIMITATION OF LIABILIITY, CONSENT AND RELEASE. By entering the Promotion, each entrant releases, agrees to indemnify, defend and discharges the Sponsors, Administrator, and each of the other Promotion Entities and each of their parent, subsidiary, and affiliated entities, and each of their respective officers, directors, members, shareholders, employees, independent contractors, agents, representatives, successors and assigns (collectively, "Sponsor Entities"), from any and all liability whatsoever in connection with this Promotion, the use, acceptance, possession, misuse or awarding of the prizes, including, without limitation, legal claims, costs, injuries, losses or damages, demands or actions of any kind (including, without limitation, personal injuries, death, damage to, loss or destruction or property, rights of publicity or privacy, defamation, or portrayal in a false light) (collectively, "Claims"). Except where and to the extent prohibited by law: (i) acceptance of the prize constitutes the consent of the winner, without further compensation, notice, review or approval, to use the name, photograph, voice, recordings, biographical information, entry information and likeness of such winner for editorial, advertising and publicity purposes throughout the world by the Sponsors, Administrator and/or others authorized by the Sponsors (but nothing contained in these Official Rules obligates Sponsors, Administrator, or any others to make use of any of the rights granted herein and winner waives any right to inspect or approve any such use); (ii) acceptance of a prize constitutes a release by winner of the Sponsor Entities of any and all Claims in connection with the administration of this Promotion and the use, misuse, awarding, acceptance or possession of any prize; and (iii) any potential winner may be required to read, sign, have notarized (if applicable) and return an affidavit of eligibility (including, without limitation, providing winner's social security number) and a liability/publicity release without alteration in the form provided by Sponsors or prize providers ("Affidavit and Release"); and (iv) if prize involves travel or activities, any potential winner and travel companions may be required to execute releases of the Sponsors from any and all liability with respect to participation in such travel/activities and/or use of the prize. The Affidavit and Release must be returned within ten (10) days from the date that Sponsors first try to notify the potential winner or the prizes may be forfeited in Sponsors' sole discretion. The Affidavit and Release is subject to verification by Sponsors. If winner is a minor under the jurisdiction of his/her residence, his/her parent or legal guardian agrees to these Official Rules on his/her behalf and the prize will be awarded in the name of his/her parent or legal guardian who must execute the necessary Affidavit and Release and, if applicable, must accompany winner on the trip (no additional travel expenses will be awarded should a parent or legal guardian be required to accompany the winner on the trip).
  10. DISCLAIMERS. (i) Sponsors not responsible for entries that are lost, late, misdirected, incorrect, garbled, altered, forged or incomplete, for any reason, including, without limitation, by reason of hardware, software, browser, or network failure, malfunction, congestion, or incompatibility at Sponsors' servers or elsewhere. In the event of a dispute as to who submitted an entry, entries will be deemed submitted by the authorized account holder of the e-mail address submitted at the time of entry as long as that person meets the eligibility criteria for entry in this Promotion. "Authorized account holder" is defined as the natural person who is assigned to an e-mail address by an Internet Access Provider, online service provider, or other organization (e.g., business, educational institute) that is responsible for assigning e-mail addresses for the domain associated with the submitted e-mail address. Potential winner may be required to provide Sponsors with proof that he/she is the authorized account holder of the e-mail address associated with the potentially winning entry. If a dispute cannot be resolved to Sponsors' satisfaction, the entry will be deemed ineligible. (ii) Sponsors, in their sole discretion, reserve the right to disqualify any person tampering with the entry process or the operation of the web site or otherwise attempting to undermine the legitimate operation of the Promotion. Use of bots other automated process, or any other illegitimate method to enter is prohibited and may result in disqualification at the sole discretion of Sponsors. Entries that are forged altered, incomplete, late illegitimate, garbled or generated by a macro, bot or other automated means will not be accepted and will be void. (iii) Sponsors further reserves the right to cancel, terminate or modify the Promotion if it is not capable of completion as planned, including by reason of infection by computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, force majeure or technical failures of any sort. (iv) Sponsor Entities are not responsible and/or liable for any of the following, whether caused by a Sponsor Entity, the entrant or by human error: any lost, late, incomplete, illegible, mutilated, or misdirected entries, e-mail, mail, or Promotion-related correspondence or materials or postage-due mail; any error, omission, interruption, defect, or delay in transmission or communication; viruses or technical or mechanical malfunctions; interrupted or unavailable cable or satellite systems; errors, typos or misprints in these Official Rules, in any Promotion-related advertisements or other materials; failures of electronic equipment, computer hardware or software; lost or unavailable network connections, or failed, incorrect, incomplete, inaccurate, garbled or delayed electronic communications or entry information; or errors in the administration or fulfillment of this Promotion, including, without limitation, mechanical, human, printing, distribution or production errors, and Sponsors may modify or cancel this Promotion based upon such error at its sole discretion without liability. In no event will Sponsors be responsible for awarding more than the number of prizes specified in these Official Rules. (v) ALL PRIZING IS AWARDED AS-IS AND SPONSOR ENTITIES MAKE NO WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS OR GUARANTEES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, IN FACT OR IN LAW, WHETHER NOW KNOWN OR HEREINAFTER ENACTED, REGARDING THIS PROMOTION OR THE USE OR ENJOYMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, QUALITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OF ANY PRIZE OR ANY COMPONENT OF ANY PRIZE. (vi) CAUTION: ANY ATTEMPT TO DAMAGE A PROMOTION-RELATED WEBSITE OR UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THIS PROMOTION MAY BE A VIOLATION OF CRIMINAL AND/OR CIVIL LAWS, AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSORS RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SEEK REMEDIES AND DAMAGES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ATTORNEYS' FEES) FROM ANY SUCH ENTRANT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW, INCLUDING CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. (vii) SPONSOR ENTITIES ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE IN ANY WAY FOR ANY ADDITIONAL EXPENSES, OMISSIONS, DELAYS, OR RE-ROUTING RESULTING FROM ANY ACTS OF ANY GOVERNMENT OR AUTHORITY. (viii) As a condition of entering the Promotion, each entrant gives consent for the Promotion Entities to obtain and deliver his or her name, address, entry and other information to third parties for the purpose of administering this Promotion and complying with applicable laws, regulations and rules. (ix) Sponsor Entities are not responsible for electronic communications that are undeliverable as a result of any form of active or passive filtering of any kind, or insufficient space in entrant's e-mail account to receive e-mail messages. Sponsor Entities are not responsible, and may disqualify an entrant, if his or her e-mail address, telephone, or other contact information does not work or is changed without entrant giving prior written notice to Sponsors. (x) Without limiting any other provision in these Official Rules, Sponsor Entities are not responsible or liable to any entrant or winner or any person claiming through such entrant or winner for failure to supply the prize or any part thereof in the event that any of the Promotion activities or the Sponsor Entities' operations or activities are affected, as determined by the Sponsors in their sole discretion, including, without limitation, by reason of any acts of God, any action, regulation, order or request by any governmental or quasi-governmental entity (whether or not the action, regulations, order or request proves to be invalid), equipment failure, threatened terrorist acts, terrorist acts, air raid, blackout, act of public enemy, earthquake, war (declared or undeclared), fire, flood, epidemic, explosion, unusually severe weather, hurricane, embargo, labor dispute or strike (whether legal or illegal) labor or material shortage, transportation interruption of any kind, work slow-down, civil disturbance, insurrection, riot, or any law, rule, regulation, order or other action adopted or taken by any governmental, federal, state or local government authority, or any other cause, whether or not specifically mentioned above. (x) The value(s) of the prize(s) set forth above represent Sponsors' good faith determination of the approximate retail value(s) thereof; the actual fair market value(s) as ultimately determined by Sponsors are final and binding and cannot be challenged or appealed. In the event the stated approximate retail value(s) of a prize is more than the actual fair market value of that prize, the difference will not be awarded in cash or otherwise. No substitution or compensation will be given for any portion of the prize that is not used.
  1. GENERAL RULES. Sponsors' decisions will be final in all matters relating this Promotion, including interpretation of these Official Rules and awarding of the prize. Participants further agree to not damage or cause interruption of the Promotion and/or prevent others from using the Promotion. Sponsors' failure to or decision not to enforce any provision in these Official Rules will not constitute a waiver of that or any other provision. In the event there is an alleged or actual ambiguity, discrepancy or inconsistency between disclosures or other statements contained in any Promotion -related materials and/or these Official Rules (including any alleged discrepancy or inconsistency in these Official Rules), it will be resolved in Sponsors' sole discretion. If Sponsor determines at any time in its sole discretion that the winner or potential winner is disqualified, ineligible, or in violation of these Official Rules, Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to select an alternate winner, even if the disqualified potential winner's name may have been shown or announced online or elsewhere. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Official Rules will not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision. In the event that any provision is determined to be invalid or otherwise unenforceable or illegal, these Official Rules will otherwise remain in effect and will be construed in accordance with their terms as if the invalid or illegal provision were not contained herein.
  2. APPLICABLE LAWS AND JURISDICTION. Issues concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules shall be governed by the laws of the State of Illinois, without regard to any principles of conflict of laws. All disputes arising out of or connected with this Promotion will be resolved individually, and without resort to class action, exclusively by a state or federal court located in Cook County, Chicago, Illinois. Should there be a conflict between the laws of the State of Illinois and any other laws, the conflict will be resolved in favor of the laws of the State of Illinois. To the extent permitted by applicable law, all judgments, awards or any other recovery shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket damages, if any (excluding attorneys' fees) associated with participation in this Promotion and shall not include any indirect, punitive, incidental and/or consequential damages, and entrant further waives all rights to have any out-of-pocket damages multiplied or increased.
  3. WINNER LIST /OFFICIAL RULES. For the name of the winner, send a self-addressed stamped envelope, within six (6) months of the Drawing Date, to: Stephanie Reisender, Winner List, " Best of All Worlds", Condé Nast Media Group, 4 Times Square, 7th Floor, New York, New York 10036. For a copy of these Official Rules, visit www.hyattbestofallworlds.com during the Promotion Period or send a self-addressed stamped envelope during the Promotion Period to: Official Rules, " Best of All Worlds" Attn: Stephanie Reisender, Conde Nast Media Group, 4 Times Square, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10036. Only one (1) request per outer envelope, mailed separately, will be fulfilled. Vermont residents may omit return postage with Official Rules requests.
  4. SPONSORSHIP. This Promotion is sponsored by Condé Nast, 4 Times Square, New York, New York 10036 and Hyatt Corporation, 71 S. Wacker, Chicago, IL 60606.