Prize Competition

INTRODUCTION

Informa Markets B.V. (Informa), the organiser of Food Ingredients Europe 2024 (the Event), is running an interactive activity with the opportunity to win prizes (the Competition) where eligible attendees at Food Ingredients Europe 2024 in Frankfurt, Germany have an opportunity to win: (i) physical prizes (such as a device or book); or (ii) free or discounted digital products (which may be subject to separate contract terms and conditions). 

The terms and conditions indicated below govern the Competition (Terms and Conditions).  Please read these Terms and Conditions carefully and thoroughly.  If you have any questions about any aspect of the Competition or these Terms and Conditions, please contact [smartcore@informa.com]. 

1.       THE PROMOTER

1.1. The promoter is: Informa Markets B.V.  with its address at Strawinskylaan 763, WTC, Tower Ten, 1077XX Amsterdam, Netherlands.

2.        THE COMPETITION

2.1. The title of the competition is 'Spin to Win'.

2.2. The Food Ingredients & Health Ingredients Europe 2024 attendees who visit the sales lounge in Frankfurt, Germany and have their Event badge scanned by the Organizer shall be eligible to receive a ticket to participate in the Competition (the Participant, or together Participants, also referred to as ‘you’ and ‘your’).  

2.3. To enter, the Participant shall submit their ticket, spin the contest wheel and receive a gift voucher to redeem their prize (if the spin is successful). 

2.4. The allocation of prizes once a Participant spins the contest wheel will be conducted by a third-party provider Socialpoint via Socialpoint’s Virtual Prize Wheel. The prizes are allocated at random and Informa and/or the third-party provider has no control over what prize a particular Participant receives. 

3.        ELIGIBILITY

3.1. The Competition is open to all in-person Participants on a first-come first-served basis aged 18 years or over, except: 

    3.1.1. employees of Informa or any of its affiliates;

    3.1.2. employees of agents or contractors of Informa or any of its affiliates, who are professionally connected with the Competition or its administration;

    3.1.3. members of the immediate families or households of 5.1.1 and 5.1.2 above; or

    3.1.4. sanctioned or embargoed individuals or residents of a sanctioned or embargoed country according to applicable international trade sanctions, as updated from time to time.

3.2. Participants can take part in the Competition during the in-person Event days in Frankfurt, Germany from 19 November 2024 to and including 21 November 2024 (the Event Days). There will be a limited number of tickets for the Competition during the Event Days. No purchase is necessary nor is there any charge to participate. Only one entry per person is permitted.

3.3. In entering the Competition, you confirm that you are eligible to do so and eligible to claim such prizes as are described in these Terms and Conditions.  Informa may require you to provide proof that you are eligible to enter the Competition.

3.4. Informa will not accept responsibility for Competition tickets that are lost, mislaid or damaged  regardless of cause.

3.5. Informa reserves all rights to disqualify you at any point during the Competition if your conduct is contrary to the spirit or intention of the Competition.

4.          THE PRIZES

4.1. Each Participant shall have the opportunity to spin a contest wheel. Each spin of the wheel shall entitle the Participant to receive a gift voucher with the details of their prize, if the Participant is successful. The Participant’s spin of the wheel shall determine the prize won by such Participant. The value of the prizes will vary, and prizes will be distributed on a first-come first-served basis. Prizes are advertised as at the beginning of the Competition. Informa cannot guarantee that specific prizes advertised at the beginning of the Competition will be available when a Participant spins the contest wheel. 

4.2. Any costs incurred that are incidental to the fulfilment of the prizes are the responsibility of the Participant.

4.3. There is no cash alternative for any of the prizes and Informa reserves the right to replace the prize with an alternative prize of equal or higher value if circumstances beyond Informa’s control makes it necessary to do so.

4.4. The prizes are not negotiable or transferable.

5.       CLAIMING THE PRIZES

5.1. The Participant shall be responsible for redeeming the prize on Event Days only. No prizes can be claimed after the Event Days.

5.2. Only one prize will be allocated per Participant.

5.3. Prizes cannot be claimed by a third party on your behalf.

5.4. Informa shall not be liable for the inability of a Participant to obtain any prize if they fail to redeem their gift voucher at the Event during the Event Days or fail to provide any necessary further details (such as information required to sign up to a discounted digital product) in time. Informa does not accept any responsibility if you are not able to take up a prize.

6.        LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

6.1. Insofar as is permitted by law, Informa, its agents or distributors will not in any circumstances be responsible or liable to compensate any Participant, or accept any liability for any loss, damage, personal injury or death occurring as a result of taking up a prize or participating in the Competition, except where personal injury or death is caused by the negligence of Informa, its agents or distributors or that of their employees.  Your statutory rights are not affected. 

6.2. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these Terms and Conditions, Informa reserves the right to cancel or postpone this Competition at any time at its sole discretion.  In the event that the Competition is cancelled or postponed, Informa shall use commercially reasonable endeavours to notify entrants of such cancellation.  Whilst Informa shall try to notify all entrants, it shall not be liable to any entrant for any loss or damage caused by such cancellation. 

6.3. Informa has no association with, and is not responsible or liable for, the Socialpoint platform and/or application and all Participants are responsible for accepting and complying with any Socialpoint or other third-party terms and conditions, licences, and/or privacy policies applicable to the Socialpoint platform and/or application. 

6.4. Informa accepts no responsibility for failure of a Participant to successfully complete the Competition due to technical fault, technical malfunction, website availability, computer hardware or software failure, satellite, network or server failure of any kind.  

7.        DATA PROTECTION AND PUBLICITY

7.1. If you are a Participant, you agree that Informa may use your name, image, job title, company name and town and country of residence to announce participants of the Competition and for any other reasonable and related promotional purposes. 

7.2. By entering the Competition, you agree that any personal information provided by you with the Competition entry may be held and used only by Informa or its agents and suppliers to administer the Competition. Informa collects, uses and protects personal data in accordance with its privacy policy, which can be found here: https://www.informamarkets.com/en/privacy-policy.html.

7.3. Any personal data supplied to any third-party applications or websites (such as Socialpoint) are subject to any applicable privacy policies of such third-party applications or websites. 

8.         GENERAL

8.1. By participating in the Competition, you agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions. 

8.2. If there is any reason to believe that there has been a breach of these Terms and Conditions, Informa, at its sole discretion, reserves the right to exclude you from participating in the Competition. 

8.3. Informa reserves the right to hold void, suspend, cancel, or amend the prizes or Competition where it becomes necessary to do so at its sole discretion. 

8.4. By entering this Competition, participants warrant that there is no legal prohibition on them to enter and participate in the Competition, and as such participating does not contravene any laws in the jurisdiction or location in which they make their entry. 

8.5. To the furthest extent permitted by law, Informa shall not be liable to pay any taxes in relation to awarding the prizes.  Any such taxes shall be the responsibility of the relevant Participant. 

8.6. In attending the Event, entrants agree to abide by the terms and conditions applicable to visitors. 

8.7. These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by English law, and the parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.