THOMSON CRUISES#PICTUREPERFECT

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

GENERAL TERMS

Participants of the competition are invited to upload their own cruise pictures showing a perfect cruise moment e.g. fantastic shots of the ship in all its glory or features of the ship, food & drink, entertainment onboard, excursions undertaken with the hashtag #PicturePerfect. The Cruise Team will then choose their favourite four images which will up for the public vote on Facebook and Instagram. Participants can enter as many times as they like but only one vote per person. A Nikon D3300 camera and goodies are up for grabs.

COMPETITION TERMS

Please read these Terms and Conditions carefully before entering the competition. By entering you indicate that you accept these terms and conditions and you agree to be bound by them.

1. Promoter’s Details: Thomson Cruises is a trading name of TUI UK Limited (the “Promoter”), a member of the TUI AGgGroup. of companies,rRegistered office: in England and Wales under number 2830117 and whose registered office is at TUI Travel House, Crawley Business Quarter, Fleming Way, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 9QL.Registered in England No 2830117.

2. Eligibility: This competition is open to anyone resident in the UKor the Channel Islands, who is eighteen (18) years of age or older.,and who Entrants must haves an active Facebook and/or Instagram Account. Employees and immediate family (defined as parents, children, siblings, spouse and life partners) of the Promoter or its affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising or promotion agencies are not eligible to enter this competition.

3. How to Enter: Internet access is required to enter. To enter the competition you will need to submit your cruise holiday photoshowing a ‘perfect cruise moment’ whether it be a fantastic shot of the ship in all it’s glory, food & drink, on-board entertainment, an excursion or any other image you think shows that ‘perfect cruise moment’. [MS1]Your photo needs to be uploaded on one of the two #PicturePerfect Facebook posts within the comments section.but you Participants can enter via Instagram too with the hashtag #PicturePerfect and tag @thomsoncruises. Participants are allowed to submit as many images as they would like. By entering the competition you are agreeing that you are willing and able to claim the prize should you be selected as the winner of the competition. ‘Liking’ of the Thomson Cruises Facebook page or ‘Liking’ of the Thomson Cruises Instagram page does not count as an entry into the competition. No purchase necessary. No entries from agents or third parties or automatically generated by computer will be accepted. Incomplete or corrupted entries will not be accepted. Entries will only be accepted if they comply with all entry instructions.

4. Use of Data: All details provided by you will be held by the Promoter and used in accordance with these terms and conditions and the Promoter’s Privacy Policy available at By entering this competition you consent to the Promoter using your image for future advertising and marketing purposes.

Any photos submitted which feature people must be of you or have been taken with the permission of the subject (and if they are under 18, the permission of their parents or guardians as well) and must not infringe the copyright of any third party or any laws. You warrant that the photo you submit is of you or your own work and that you own the copyright for it. Any complaints lodged against your photograph in relation to permissions will result in it being removed. If you use an image you do not own the copyright for we retain the right to provide your name to the owner of the photograph, should they request it. Any images deemed to be inappropriate or offensive will not be published and will be removed.

As part of this competition, tBy entering this competition the winner agrees that they he winner may be required to share their their planning and activities [MS2]in a number of blogs and social media posts for the Promoter’s online channels and gives their consent for the Promoter to do so. If this is required, topics will be discussed and agreed between the winner and the Promoter, and posts that are to appear on the Promoter’s blog and social media channels will be reviewed and may be edited to reflect house style – for example, e.g. formatting, grammar and spelling. The winner may also be required to take part in PR and appear on the Promoter’s social media channels.

Copyright in all images submitted remains with you. You grant a worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual licence to the Promoter to feature your photo in any publications, websites and/or any promotional material, PR or advertising connected with this competition and/or any future marketing campaigns.

5. Dates: The #PicturePerfectcompetition commences on 16th August 2017 at 07:00am GMT., and runs for six consecutive days. The closing date for entries is 21stAugust 2017 at 23:59pm GMT.The top four finalists will be announced on 23rd August at 00:00pm07:05am[MS3]GMT for the public vote. The winner will be announced on 25th August 2017at 175:00pm GMT on both the Thomson Cruises Facebook page and Thomson Cruises Instagram channel.

6. Receipt of Entries: Late, illegible, incomplete, defaced or corrupt entries or entries sent through agencies and third parties will not be accepted. The Promoter cannot be held responsible for network, computer or software failures of any kind, which may restrict or delay the sending or receipt of your entry. The Promoter is not responsible for entries not received and/or any lost entries.

7. Prize: There will be one (1) winner who will receive the below prizes:

  • There is oOne (1) Nikon D3300 SLR Camera including Digi-Chip 64gb Class 10 SDXC Memory Card for Nikon D3300,
  • Scratch Map Travel Size World Map,
  • Nikon D3300 for Dummies,
  • Riemann P20 once a day 10 hours protection SPF30 Sunscreen 100ml,
  • Case4Life Black/Blue DSLR/SLR camera case holster bag for Nikon SLR D series,
  • TUI Discovery notebook,
  • TUI wine stopper,
  • Smart phone fan,
  • Smart phone battery pack,

 wWater bottle and

  • ‘Read This If You Want to Take Great Photographs of Places’ Book.

Prizesisare not transferable and no alternatives will be offered.

As part of this competition, the winner may be required to share their planning and activities in a number of blogs and social media posts for the Promoter’s online channels. If this is required, topics will be discussed and agreed between the winner and the Promoter, and posts that are to appear on the Promoter’s blog and social media channels will be reviewed and may be edited to reflect house style – for example, formatting, grammar and spelling. The winner may also be required to take part in PR and appear on the Promoter’s social media channels.

8. Selection & Notification:Entries will be shortlisted to the top four (4) by a panel of judges. All shortlisted entrants will be contacted via [MS4][email/or the channel they entered ie Facebook or Instagram in a private message on 22nd August 2017.other method] by [insert date]. The winner will then be selected by the public across Facebook and Instagramwho must vote by commenting 1, 2, 3 or 4 to indicate which signifies their favourite post. by commenting either 1, 2, 3 or 4 in the comments which signifies their favourite post. Only one (1) vote per person allowed[MS5]. Any person found to have voted more than once will have all of their votes disqualified. The winner will be informed – via Facebook message and/or Instagram direct message – by no later than 5.030pm [MS6]on 25thAugust 2017. Should the Promoter be unable to contact the winners or should the winnersbe unable to accept the prize for any reason, the Promoter reserves the right to award the prize to an alternative winners, drawn in accordance with these terms and conditions.

10. Winner’s details: Details of the winner’s name and country of residence will be obtainable after the 29thAugust 2017 by emailing .

11. General: The Promoter reserves the right to amend the competition in exceptional circumstances. All entrants agree to abide by these terms and conditions and the Promoter reserves the right to exclude entrants for any breach of these terms and conditions. The Promoter’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered in to. This competition is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with Facebook or Instagram. Facebook and Instagram accept no liability for this competition.

Thomson is a trading name of TUI UK Limited, a member of TUI Group. Registered Office: TUI Travel House, Crawley Business Quarter, Fleming Way, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 9QL. Registered in England No: 2830117. ATOL No: 2524. ABTA No: V5126.

For the Tour Operator (TUI UK Limited) advertising use TUI UK Limited ATOL 2524 and include the ATOL Logo.

[MS1]Based on your description above I have added in more detail here as a guide to entrants. Please feel free to amend as you see fit!

[MS2]What do you mean by ‘planning and activities’?let’s remove this as it was from a previous t&c.

[MS3]Please insert correct time.

[MS4]I have added this text in to provide a bit more information under the relevant section. We will need to inform the top 4 that they are the successful shortlisted entrants before we put them to the public vote. Please complete the highlighted information.

[MS5]I think that this should be repeated online under the voting options to make it clear that people are only allowed to vote once. Noted

[MS6]At section 5 (‘Dates’) it says 5:00pm. This needs to be consistent. Will the winner be notified by 5pm or 5.30pm?