TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR ENTRY TO THE ANGOSTURA® GLOBAL COCKTAIL CHALLENGE (‘AGCC’) 2024-2025 

Definitions:
These terms and conditions (the “Terms and Conditions”) govern the Contestant’s participation in the Challenge as operated by the Sponsor and carry the following definitions:

i. Challenge” means the ANGOSTURA® GLOBAL COCKTAIL CHALLENGE (‘AGCC’) 2024-2025 consisting of a Preliminary Round, a National and/or Regional Round and a Global Final Round.

ii. Challenge Winner” means the winner selected at the Global Final Round of the Challenge.

iii. “Contestant” means the bartender or mixologist that is eligible to participate in the Challenge.

iv. “Global Final Round” means the third and final round of the Challenge at which the Challenge Winner is selected.

v. “Likeness” means the name, nickname, initials, autograph image or facsimile image, voice, video or film portrayals, facsimile signature, photograph, trade name, biographical information and/or any other information or attribute identifying and/or otherwise associated with the Contestant in connection with the Challenge.

vi. “National Round/Regional Round” means the second round of the Challenge at which Contestants are selected to advance and participate at the Global Final Rounds.

vii. “Preliminary Round” means the first round of the Challenge at which Contestants are selected to advance and participate at the National and/or Regional Round.

viii. “Privacy Policy” means the policy found at www.angosturaglobalcocktailchallenge.com.

ix. “Recipe” means any recipe created by the Contestant for use in the Challenge.

x. “Round” means each round of the Challenge, namely the Preliminary Round (On-Line Selection), the National Round and/or Regional Round (depending on the jurisdiction), and Global Final Round.

xi. “Sponsor” means Angostura Holdings Limited or any of the subsidiaries within the Angostura Group.

xii. “Website” means Angostura Global Cocktail Challenge (www.angosturaglobalcocktailchallenge.com).

Terms and Conditions:

1. By entering the Challenge, each Contestant accepts and agrees to be bound by the Terms and Conditions set out herein and the Challenge’s rules and guidelines located on the Website or communicated in writing by the Sponsor (the ‘Rules’), and accept the decisions of the Sponsor, or those acting on behalf of the Sponsor, as final and binding, without right to appeal, in all aspects, including without limitation, as to eligibility and/or disqualification of entries. Entries that are incomplete, irregular, have been submitted through illicit means, or do not conform to or satisfy any condition of the Rules shall be disqualified.
2. The Challenge is open to persons who are of legal drinking age or older in their respective province or territory. No person is eligible to enter if he or she is an officer, director, employee, agent or representative of, or a member of the immediate family (defined as parent, sibling, children and/or spouse, regardless of where they live) of, or domiciled with (whether related or not) any such officer, director, employee, agent or representative of the Sponsor, its advertising or promotional agencies, its consultants and/or its distributors.
3. Each Contestant shall be allowed to submit one (1) entry only.
4. Entires received after the closing date and time included on the Website will not be considered.
5. The Sponsor assumes no responsibility or liability for:

1. any incorrect or inaccurate information submitted by the Contestant in his or her entry form; and/or
2. failure or delay to receive an entry where such failure is due to circumstances outside the Sponsor’s control.

6. If the winner of a current Round is unable to participate in the next Round for any reason whatsoever, that Contestant shall be disqualified, forfeit the prize for the current Round and the current Round finalist with the next highest score in the applicable country or region shall be selected as a finalist for the next Round.
7. Each finalist for each Round must be available to travel (if required).
8. Winners of the National and/or Regional Round may be required to fulfill the duties of a brand ambassador (as required in the respective market).
9. The Challenge Winner shall be required to fulfill the duties of a brand ambassador for the Sponsor for a minimum period of two (2) years. If the Challenge Winner is for any reason unable to fulfil his or her duties as a brand ambassador, he or she will be disqualified, at the Sponsor’s sole discretion, and shall forfeit the Challenge’s winning prize. The Challenge’s first runner-up shall be replaced as the winner of the Global Final Round Challenge.
10. The Challenge Winner will be required to enter into a brand ambassador agreement in the format to be made available to view upon request.
11. By participating in this Competition, each Contestant warrants that his or her actions will not violate his or her employer’s policies and procedures (if applicable). Each Contestant, further acknowledges and agrees that there is no obligation, expressed or implied, to purchase or offer for sale the Sponsor’s products at his or her place of employment (if applicable). For avoidance of doubt, if a Contestant is responsible for purchase decisions of his or her employer, any decision to offer the Sponsor’s products at the Contestant’s place of employment has been made freely and has not been influenced by the Challenge or by the Sponsor in any way. The Contestant shall not promote his or her place of employment in any way while participating in the Challenge, and any reference to the Contestant’s place of employment shall be limited to identifying it as resume information.
12. The Contestant represents and warrants to the Sponsor that:

1. the reproduction, creation, exhibition, or any use thereof of the Recipe shall not violate any copyright, right of privacy or publicity, or any other right of any person or entity and that the Recipe is an original work of the Contestant; and
2. the Contestant is the sole owner of the Recipe, together with the title thereof and all rights granted to the Sponsor hereunder, and no rights in the Recipe have been granted to others or impaired by the Contestant, except as specified, if at all, in these term and conditions and the Rules.

13. By submitting and/or creating any Recipe for the Challenge, the Contestant agrees to transfer perpetually, irrevocably, for global use and royalty-free all rights, interest, title and ownership in the Recipe exclusively to the Sponsor to (without any limitation) use, copy, modify, improve, reproduce, market, publish (on any medium including but not limited to websites, magazines, newspaper, social media or via television or radio), distribute, sell and otherwise exploit the said Recipe used in the Challenge or for any purpose whatsoever.
14. By participating in this Challenge, the Contestant grants to the Sponsor, the perpetual, exclusive, royalty-free right, licence and permission to use the Likeness, in whole or in part, distorted, altered, modified and/or adapted in character and/or in form, alone and/or accompanied by other material, in any manner and without restriction of any kind, locally and regionally for the purpose of advertising, marketing, publicising, and promoting the Challenge. The Contestant shall not have any claim for compensation for loss of opportunity to enhance the professional reputation of the Contestant for any other reason whatever in the form of damages or at all.
15. Where a Round is being held in another country or where the Sponsor determines that travel requires ground or air travel, the Sponsor shall arrange for and cover the cost for the airfare, hotel, meals and ground transportation for each selected Contestant to travel to the venue at which the Challenge is being held. The Sponsor reserves the right to revise or cancel any or all travel dates and accommodation (without compensation to the Contestant) by giving the Contestant forty-eight (48) hours’ written notice. All other expenses not specifically provided for will be for the Contestant’s account including, without limitation, optional seat selection fees, additional luggage fees, entertainment costs, gratuities, merchandise, telephone calls, compensation for time off from work, grooming and all personal expenses of any kind or nature. The Contestant must obtain all necessary travel documentation including a valid passport and visas (if applicable) prior to ticketing and shall comply with any customs and immigration requirements.
16. The Contestant, by his or her participation, agrees to at all times comply with the laws of the country in which the Round is being held and shall not conduct himself or herself in an unsportsmanlike manner or one that brings the Sponsor or the Challenge into disrepute or offend community or public morals or in any way prejudice the Sponsor. Should the Contestant violate the laws of the country in which he or she participates, the Sponsor shall not be liable or obliged to render its assistance to the Contestant unless it decides to do so at its sole discretion.
17. In the event that any Round of the Challenge (or any portion thereof) is postponed, cancelled or otherwise unavailable for any reason, the Sponsor shall not be obligated to provide any replacement for the postponed or cancelled Round.
18. Each Contestant by submitting his or her personal details, agrees to the Sponsor processing those details in accordance with the purposes made known to the Contestant at the time of collection and in accordance with the Sponsor’s Privacy Policy which can be accessed by clicking on the link.
19. The Sponsor shall comply with all applicable requirements of the Data Protection Act Chapter 22:04, any successor or similar legislation, or other applicable laws.
20. The Contestant agrees to indemnify and hold the Sponsor harmless from and against any and all liabilities, costs, expenses, damages and or losses (including attorney fees and court costs) suffered or incurred by the Contestant arising out of or in connection with:

1. any claim made against the Sponsor for actual infringement of a third party’s intellectual property rights arising out of, or in connection with the Contestant’s participation in the Challenge; and
2. any claim made against the Sponsor by a third party for death, personal injury or damage to property arising out of, or in connection with the Contestant’s participation in the Challenge that is attributable to the acts or omission of the Contestant.

21. The Sponsor shall not be liable for any failure to fulfil any terms of this Agreement if fulfilment is delayed hindered or prevented by a Force Majeure Event, defined herein as any circumstance whatsoever which is not within a the Sponsor’s immediate control including but not limited to acts of God, flood, drought, earthquake, riot, insurrection, fires, strikes, lockouts, nation-wide labour disputes, war, hostilities, epidemic, pandemic, quarantine restriction, or any local or national emergency (or the threat or apprehension of any of the foregoing events), compliance with any order of any national government or other public authority or of any person purporting to act for such authority. The Sponsor reserves the right to abbreviate, modify, suspend, cancel, or terminate the Challenge by promptly giving written notice to that effect.
22. The Sponsor reserves the right to refuse entry or refuse to award the prize to anyone in breach of these Terms and Conditions and/or the Rules.
23. If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is determined to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable then it shall be severed and deleted from these Terms and Conditions and the remaining clauses shall survive and remain in full force and effect.
24. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency with any other communication, including advertising or promotional materials, these Terms and Conditions will prevail.
25. This Agreement shall be construed, governed by and interpreted in accordance with the Laws of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.