Cinemark’s Holiday Hollywood Trip Sweepstakes Official Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.
1. Eligibility: Cinemark’s Holiday Hollywood Trip Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”) is open only to legal residents of the forty-eight (48) contiguous United States (excluding Florida and New York) and District of Columbia who are at least eighteen (18) years old and have a Cinemark Movie Rewards account at the time of entry. Entrants who are minors in their place of residence must have consent from their parent or legal guardian to participate. Employees of Cinemark USA, Inc., The Coca-Cola Company, Universal City Studios, LLC d/b/a Universal Studios Hollywood (“Universal”), NBCUniversal Media, LLC, Comcast Corporation, Merkle Inc., and their parent, subsidiary, and affiliated companies (“Promotion Entities”), as well as the immediate family (spouse, parents, siblings, and children) and household members of each such employee are not eligible to enter or win the prize. The Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations and is void in Alaska, Hawaii, Florida, New York, and where prohibited. Participation constitutes entrant’s full and unconditional agreement to these Official Rules and Sponsor’s and Administrator’s decisions, which are final and binding in all matters related to the Sweepstakes and are not subject to appeal. Winning the prize is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements set forth herein.
2. Sponsor:Cinemark USA, Inc., 3900 Dallas Parkway, Plano, TX 75093. Administrator: Merkle Inc. (formerly known as HelloWorld, Inc.), 3000 Town Center, Suite 2100, Southfield, MI 48075.
3. Timing: The Sweepstakes begins on November 1, 2024 at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time ("ET") and ends on December 31, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. ET (the "Promotion Period"). Sponsor’s servers are the official time-keeping devices for the Sweepstakes.
4. How to Enter: During the Promotion Period, there are four (4) ways to enter the Sweepstakes. To participate, you must have a Cinemark Movie Rewards account (“Account”). If you do not have an existing Account, you may create one at https://www.cinemark.com/Membership/Register. Creating an Account is free but subject to the applicable terms and conditions.
For methods 4(a)-4(c), a “Qualifying Purchase” is defined as a purchase of at least one (1) Free Refill Large Drink (44oz fountain beverage, excluding ICEE products) in a single transaction using your Account during the Promotion Period.
a. Make a Qualifying Purchase at Theater With Account: During the Promotion Period, at a participating Cinemark theater, make a Qualifying Purchase and provide your Account info at checkout by either (i) scanning the QR code in your Account; (iii) providing your phone number associated with your Account; or (iii) providing your email address associated with your Account. Then, follow the links and instructions to access the Cinemark Movie Rewards Reward Center and elect to enter “Cinemark’s Holiday Hollywood Trip Sweepstakes” by completing and submitting the registration form, including your name and valid email address, and you automatically will receive one (1) entry into the Sweepstakes, subject to the limit below.
b. Make a Qualifying Purchase at Cinemark.com With Account: During the Promotion Period, log into your Account online at https://www.cinemark.com/Membership/SignIn and follow the links and instructions to purchase at least one (1) standard General Admission Ticket for an available showtime at a participating Cinemark theater. Next, select “Add Some Snacks” in your online shopping cart and make at least one (1) Qualifying Purchase. Then, follow the links and instructions to access the Cinemark Movie Rewards Reward Center and elect to enter “Cinemark’s Holiday Hollywood Trip Sweepstakes” by completing and submitting the registration form, including your name and valid email address, and you automatically will receive one (1) entry into the Sweepstakes, subject to the limit below.
c. Make a Qualifying Purchase Through the Cinemark App: During the Promotion Period, if you do not yet have the Cinemark App (the “App”), using your mobile device, download the App from Google Play or the App Store. The App is free but subject to the terms and conditions described within the App. Use of the App requires a web-enabled device and therefore data rates may apply. Then, via the App, register or log into your Account and follow the links and instructions to purchase at least one (1) standard General Admission Ticket for any available showtime at a participating Cinemark theater. Next, select “Add Some Snacks” in your online shopping cart and make at least one (1) Qualifying Purchase. Then, follow the links and instructions to access the Cinemark Movie Rewards Reward Center and elect to enter “Cinemark’s Holiday Hollywood Trip Sweepstakes” by completing and submitting the registration form, including your name and valid email address, and you automatically will receive one (1) entry into the Sweepstakes, subject to the limit below.
d. Enter By Mail: To enter without making a Qualifying Purchase, print your name, mailing address, phone number associated with your Account, the email address associated with your Account, and date of birth on a piece of paper and mail it in an envelope with proper postage to “Cinemark’s Holiday Hollywood Trip Sweepstakes,” c/o Merkle Inc., P.O. Box 5025, Department 864827, Kalamazoo, MI 49003-5025. You will receive one (1) entry into the Sweepstakes. Limit: One (1) entry per envelope. All mail-in entries must be handwritten and must be postmarked by December 31, 2024 and received by January 7, 2025. All entries become the exclusive property of Sponsor, and none will be acknowledged or returned. Proof of sending or submission will not be deemed to be proof of receipt by Sponsor. Sponsor is not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, illegible, misdirected or postage-due entries, which will be disqualified.
Limit: You may receive ten (10) entries during the Promotion Period by any combination of methods. Multiple entrants are not permitted to share the same Cinemark Movie Rewards account. Any attempt by any entrant to obtain more than the stated number of entries by using multiple/different email addresses, identities, registrations and logins, or any other methods will void that entrant's entries and that entrant may be disqualified. Use of any automated system to participate is prohibited and may result in disqualification. In the event of a dispute as to the identity of an entrant, Sponsor will rely on the information submitted by the entrant to register for this Sweepstakes. If any additional information provided by entrant is inconsistent with the information provided at registration for this Sweepstakes, Sponsor may disqualify such entrant and such disqualification may result in the forfeiture of any prizes won. Sponsor, in its discretion, may require additional documentation from entrant to show proof of entrant’s identity.
5. Drawing: Administrator is an independent organization whose decisions as to the administration and operation of the Sweepstakes and the selection of the potential winner are final and binding in all matters related to the Sweepstakes. On or around January 14, 2025, Administrator will randomly select the potential Sweepstakes winner from all eligible entries received during the Promotion Period. The potential Grand Prize winner will be notified by email. The potential Grand Prize winner (or parent/legal guardian if winner is a minor in his/her state of residence) will be required to sign and return a Declaration of Compliance, Liability Waiver and where not prohibited a Publicity Release (“Declaration”), which must be received by Administrator within five (5) days of the date notice or attempted notice is sent, in order to claim the prize. If the potential winner cannot be contacted, fails to sign and return the Declaration or provide any other requested information within the required time period, or the prize is returned as undeliverable, the potential winner forfeits the prize. Receiving the prize is contingent upon compliance with these Official Rules. In the event that the potential winner forfeits the prize or is disqualified for any reason, Sponsor will award the prize to an alternate winner by random drawing from among all remaining eligible entries. Only three (3) alternate drawings will be held, after which the prize will remain un-awarded.
6. Prizes: A Universal Studios Hollywood Vacation Package (awarded as a certificate) for winner and up to three (3) guests consisting of:
A) Round trip, coach-class air transportation for up to four (4) people from a major airport near winner’s home (as determined by Universal in its sole discretion) to Los Angeles, California. Winner will be responsible for ground transportation to/from the airport of origin;
B) Ground transportation for up to four (4) people from airport in Los Angeles, California to hotel and from hotel to airport in Los Angeles, California;
C) Hotel accommodations, room and tax only, for up to four (4) people in the form of one (1) standard room (quadruple occupancy) at the Sheraton Universal Hotel or another nearby hotel (specific hotel and room to be selected by Universal Studios Hollywood in its sole discretion) for three (3) consecutive nights. Hotel accommodations do not include meals, incidentals, tips, telephone calls, souvenirs, or any other personal expenses incurred during the trip, not specified here; and
D) Four (4) 2-Day General Admission tickets to Universal Studios Hollywood.
Use of all elements of the Prize must be completed no later than October 31, 2025, or the unused elements of the Prize will be forfeited without further or alternative compensation.
Trip must be booked at least sixty (60) days prior to departure. Travel and accommodations are subject to availability and blackout dates. Travel must be round trip. Sponsor will determine airline and flight itinerary in its sole discretion. No refund or compensation will be made in the event of the cancellation or delay of any flight. Travel is subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Sweepstakes, and those set forth by the Universal Studios Hollywood’s airline carrier of choice as detailed in the passenger ticket contract. All expenses and incidental travel costs not expressly stated in the package description above, including but not limited to, ground transportation, meals, incidentals, gratuities, passenger tariffs or duties, airline fees, surcharges, airport fees, service charges or facility charges, personal charges at lodging, security fees, taxes or other expenses are the responsibility solely of winner. Winner must be at least (18) years of age and have proper identification and a valid credit card or hotel check-in and to cover incidental expenditures. Unless child of winner or one of the allotted guests, travel companions must be eighteen (18) years of age or older as of the date of departure and must travel on same itinerary and at the same time as the winner. If winner is a minor in his/her state of residence, travel companion must be winner’s parent/legal guardian. Travel companions must execute liability/publicity releases prior to issuance of travel documents. Travel restrictions, conditions and limitations may apply. By traveling and accepting prize, winner and winner’s guests voluntarily assume all risks related to exposure to COVID-19. Winner and travel companions are responsible for complying with any COVID-19 requirements set forth by airline, rental car vendor, hotels, excursion and event venues, parks, or other vendors offering services that are part of the trip prize. Failure to comply with any required COVID-19 requirements, may result in forfeiture of the prize of elements of the prize. Forfeiture of any aspect of the trip due to failure to meet these requirements will not impact the value of the trip as reported on an IRS Form 1099. If in the judgment of Sponsor air travel is not required due to winner’s proximity to prize location, ground transportation will be substituted for round trip air travel at Sponsor’s sole discretion. Sponsor will not replace any lost, mutilated, or stolen tickets, travel vouchers, or certificates. Sponsor is not responsible if any portion of the prize is delayed, postponed or cancelled for any reason, in which event that portion of prize is forfeited in its entirety and no substitution will be provided except as in Sponsor’s sole discretion. Actual value may vary based on airfare fluctuations and distance between departure and destination. Winner will not receive difference between actual and approximate retail value. Approximate Fair Market Value (“FMV”): $5,250.00.
All prize details will be determined by Universal Studios Hollywood in its sole discretion. Prize is non-transferable, and no substitution will be made except as provided herein at the Sponsor’s/Universal Studios Hollywood’s sole discretion. Sponsor/Universal Studios Hollywood reserves the right to substitute the prize for one of equal or greater value if the designated prize should become unavailable for any reason. Winner is responsible for all taxes and fees associated with prize receipt and/or use. Odds of winning the prize depend on the number of eligible entries received during the Promotion Period. Limit: One (1) prize per household. Prize will be fulfilled approximately 8-10 weeks after the conclusion of the Sweepstakes. Universal Studios Hollywood is a Prize Provider only in this Sweepstakes and therefore is not responsible for the administration of the Sweepstakes, the collection of entries, or the conduct of the draws. Any disputes, claims, and causes of action against Universal Studios Hollywood arising out of or relating to any person’s use of or participation in any prize provided by Universal (“Universal Studios Hollywood Prize Claims”) shall be fully and finally adjudicated by binding arbitration to the fullest extent allowed by law (an “Arbitration”) in Los Angeles, California. The Arbitration shall be administered by JAMS in accordance with the Streamlined Arbitration Rules and Procedure of JAMS (available at https://www.jamsadr.com/rules-streamlined-arbitration/) or subsequent versions thereof, including the optional appeal procedure.
7. Release: By receipt of any prize, winner agrees to release and hold harmless Promotion Entities and their respective subsidiaries, affiliates, suppliers, distributors, advertising/promotion agencies, and prize suppliers, and each of their respective parent companies and each such company’s officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from and against any claim or cause of action, including, but not limited to, personal injury, death, or damage to or loss of property, arising out of participation in the Sweepstakes or receipt or use or misuse of any prize.
8. Publicity: Except where prohibited, participation in the Sweepstakes constitutes winner’s consent to Sponsor’s and its agents’ use of winner’s name, likeness, photograph, voice, opinions and/or hometown and state for promotional purposes in any media, worldwide, without further payment or consideration.
9. General Conditions: Sponsor reserves the right to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Sweepstakes, if any fraud, technical failures, human error, or any other factor impairs the integrity or proper functioning of the Sweepstakes, or any event or cause beyond Sponsor’s control (e.g. events such as natural calamities, national emergencies, widespread illnesses, pandemics, declarations of war, acts of God, acts of terrorism) interferes with any aspect of the Sweepstakes, including but not limited to fulfillment of the prize(s), as determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion. In such event, Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may elect to hold a random drawing from among all eligible entries received up to the date of discontinuance and may modify the prizes offered herein. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Sweepstakes or to be acting in violation of the Official Rules of this or any other promotion or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to deliberately undermine the legitimate operation of the Sweepstakes may be a violation of criminal and civil law, and should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Sponsor’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.
10. Limitations of Liability: The Released Parties are not responsible for: (1) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by entrants, printing errors or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Sweepstakes; (2) technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines or network hardware or software; (3) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Sweepstakes; (4) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Sweepstakes or the processing of entries; (5) late, lost, undeliverable, damaged or stolen mail; or (6) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant’s participation in the Sweepstakes or receipt or use or misuse of any prize. If for any reason an entrant's entry is confirmed to have been erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, entrant’s sole remedy is another entry in the Sweepstakes, if it is possible. No more than the stated number of prizes will be awarded. In the event that production, technical, seeding, programming or any other reasons cause more than the stated number of prizes as set forth in these Official Rules to be available and/or claimed, Sponsor reserves the right to award only the stated number of prizes by a random drawing among all legitimate, un-awarded, eligible prize claims.
11. Disputes: Except where prohibited, entrant agrees that (excluding Universal Studios Hollywood Prize Claims): (1) any and all disputes, claims and causes of action arising out of or connected with this Sweepstakes or any prize awarded shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, and exclusively by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan or the appropriate Michigan State Court located in Oakland County, Michigan; (2) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this Sweepstakes, but in no event attorneys’ fees; and (3) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim, indirect, punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the entrant and Sponsor in connection with the Sweepstakes, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Michigan without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules (whether of the State of Michigan or any other jurisdiction), which would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Michigan.
12. Severability: If the application of any provision of these Official Rules to any particular facts or circumstances shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable by a court, arbitration panel or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction, then (a) the validity, legality and enforceability of such provision as applied to any other particular facts or circumstances, and the other provisions of these Official Rules, shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby; and (b) such provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent possible. In addition, if any provision contained in these Official Rules shall for any reason be held to be excessively broad as to duration, geographical scope, activity, or subject, it shall be construed by limiting and reducing it, so as to be enforceable to the extent compatible with applicable law.
13. Entrant's Personal Information: Information collected from entrants is subject to Sponsor’s Privacy Policy https://www.cinemark.com/privacy-policy.
14. Winner List: For a winner list, please click here. The winner list will be posted after winner confirmation is complete.
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