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Responsible Tourism Awards Prize Competition
  1. No purchase necessary. Competition open to UK or ROI residents aged 18 or over with a valid EU passport except employees and their immediate families of the Metro, Circle Publishing, responsibletravel.com Ltd, Virgin Holidays Limited or associated companies and businesses.
  2. To enter, simply nominate an organisation, project or individual which benefits a local community and is environmentally-friendly for the Responsible Tourism Awards in any of the 13 categories. Include a brief description (no more than 300 words) explaining why you are nominating the organisation, along with its contact details.
  3. You may nominate organisations in one, some or all of the Award categories, but each organisation may only be a winner in one category. You may not nominate an organisation in which you have a financial or family interest.
  4. Nominations can be made via the website www.responsibletourismawards.com or by letter or postcard, including your name, address, telephone number and reason for nominating, to: responsibletravel.com, Pavilion House, 6 Old Steine, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 1EJ. Nominations must be received by June 14, 2010.
  5. Metro Newspaper, Circle Publishing and responsibletravel.com Ltd reserve the right to publish nominations (including parts of entries) other than the winning nominations and publication does not necessarily mean the nominated organisation or nominator has won a prize.
  6. Nominators will retain copyright in their submitted entries, however, by entering, all nominators licence the Metro, Circle Publishing and responsibletravel.com Ltd a worldwide royalty-free perpetual licence to edit, publish and use each entry in any and all media (including print and online) for publicity and news purposes.
  7. The winners of the Responsible Tourism Awards will be chosen by a judging panel chaired by Harold Goodwin (Professor of Responsible Tourism Management at Leeds Metropolitan University and Director of the International Centre for Responsible Tourism) and to include Justin Francis (CEO, responsibletravel.com Ltd); Lisa Scott (Travel Editor, The Metro); Dr Rebecca Hawkins (Considerate Hoteliers Association); Sue Hurdle (CEO, The Travel Foundation); Fiona Jeffery (Chair, World Travel Market); John de Vial (Director, ABTA); Ian Reynolds (former Chief Executive of the Association of British Travel Agents); Tricia Barnett (Director, Tourism Concern); Debbie Hindle (Managing Director and Founder, bgb communications); Nikki White (Head of Destinations & Sustainability, ABTA); Matt Walpole (Head of Ecosystem Assessment, UNEP-WCMC) and Graeme Gourlay (publisher of Geographical magazine). Their decision as to the winner of each category and the overall winner of the Responsible Tourism Awards will be final.
  8. Each person who nominated an organisation that won an Award will be entered into a prize draw, which will take place no later than 10 November 2010. The first name drawn at random will win: 7 night holiday to the Masai Mara and Rift Valley of Africa for two courtesy of Virgin Holidays. This includes 3 nights at Loldia House and 3 nights at the Governors Camp in the Masai with a night in Nairobi on the way back, accommodation is on a full board basis at Loldia and Governors, in Nairobi - room only. Flights include return economy class seats on Virgin Atlantic Airways (VAA) inclusive of transfers, taxes and fuel surcharge from London Heathrow and connecting flights to Governor's on SafariLink.
  9. The winner must confirm, either by email or in writing, their intention to take up the prize holiday no longer than 14 days after they have been notified by the organiser responsibletravel.com. The organiser reserves the right to choose an alternative winner if the original does not confirm within the required time.
  10. The prize must be taken between January 2011 and December 2011 but excludes travel between July and October. Full competition terms and conditions apply and can be viewed at www.responsibletourismawards.com/prizeredemption.
  11. All costs over and above the basic advertised holiday must be settled by the prize-winner. Prizes are not transferable and there are no cash alternatives. Entrants must have valid passports and will be responsible for any necessary visa applications and insurance. Holidays are redeemable only by the named winner and must not be sold onto any other party.
  12. Flights cannot be upgraded and are not eligible to earn Flying Club Miles with this offer. For each holiday package prize, all travellers must travel at the same time on the same itinerary. Once the booking is confirmed changes to the names, date or nature of the booking are not permitted.
  13. The holiday prize is subject to availability and Virgin Holidays standard terms and booking conditions. For full booking terms and conditions please see: www.virginholidays.com
  14. The name of the prize winner will be published in The Metro in November 2010, or the earliest possible date after that. The winner must agree to their name and their nomination/entry form being used for publicity/advertising purposes by The Metro, the organisation they have nominated, Virgin Holidays Limited, responsibletravel.com Ltd, Circle Publishing and any other organisations involved in the promotion or administration of the Responsible Tourism Awards.
  15. The promoters of the competition, Virgin Holidays Limited, reserve the right to substitute a prize of equal value in the event that circumstances beyond their control make the original prize unavailable or impossible.
  16. Neither the Metro nor responsibletravel.com nor Circle Publishing will be liable for any failure of receipt of nominations, or for any nominations that are lost, delayed, illegible, corrupted, damaged, incomplete or otherwise invalid. Nominations will not be acknowledged or returned.
  17. Any breach of these rules by a nominator will void their nominations. Misrepresentative or fraudulent nominations will invalidate that nomination. The Editor's and judges' decisions are final and no correspondence will be entered into.
  18. The Metro and responsibletravel.com reserve the right at any time to cancel, modify or supersede the competition (including altering prizes) if, in our sole discretion, a competition is not capable of being conducted as specified.
  19. Other than death or personal injury arising from the acts or omissions of their or its employees, none of the Metro, responsibletravel.com, Virgin Holidays or Circle Publishing will be liable for any loss or damage arising out of the winner's (or their guest's) enjoyment of the prize.
  20. Competition rules published in Metro Newspaper, www.metro.co.uk/ and on www.responsibletourismawards.com (see General Terms and Conditions applying to Prizes Redemption) form part of these rules.


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