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MKG GROUP SAS having its registered office at 5 rue de Danzig 75015 Paris, and represented by Mr. Vanguélis PANAYOTIS, President (hereinafter also referred to as the "Organizing Company" or "the Organizer") is organizing on Thursday 9th of November, 2023, an international event entitled the "Young Talent Awards", according to the terms and conditions described in these rules.
MKG GROUP is organizing the Young Talent Awards, a global student competition that rewards the best student initiatives in the hospitality sector from all around the world. This international competition is an opportunity for students to showcase their ideas in terms of artificial intelligence, inclusion, and social & environmental responsibility.
The event is announced on the following communication media:
- Official website of the event: https://www.youngtalentawards.com
- Event organizer www.hospitality-on.com
- Hospitality ON Magazine/e-mailings etc
Participation in the event is open to students from all around the world studying in the hospitality sector or who are passionate by this industry, and more particularly to all hospitality Schools as well as to any natural person of legal age representing a hotel throughout the world (hereinafter referred to as "Candidates"), except for the Organizing Body's employees and their families.
In order to participate in this event, candidates must register on the website of the event at the following address: https://youngtalent.awardsplatform.com
Each applicant represents his school by a team of 2-3 students and must enter the details of his group.
Every student to the Young Talent Awards must fill an online form supervised by the jury respecting the deadline.
The hotel groups partnering the event each define a topic, and each participating student team has to choose one and submit its project in the form of a PowerPoint or PDF slide show, of 3 to 4 slides.
Students must also provide a summary of no more than 1,500 characters, which must be in English, and a high-definition picture of each member of the team.
These compulsory documents may be accompanied by other materials such as brochures, pictures and videos. The candidates expressly grant the Organizing Body the right to use the logo of their schools on its websites hospitality-on.com and www.youngtalentaward.com, accessible worldwide, for the duration of the legal protection in France of the intellectual property rights relating to the said logos.
Shortlisted finalists must provide a 40-minute presentation of their project to their chosen "Challenger", and a one-minute video illustrating their application. Completed applications must be submitted online on the YTA website by the candidates who give permission to the organizer to publish them on the above-mentioned websites during the event. In the case where the candidate does not wish to publish certain documents, he/she must inform the organizer in advance. In any case, the organizer will not be held responsible for the publication of the documents given.
The student shall also ensure that the application file complies with the laws and regulations in force in France. In particular, the Applicant guarantees that the application file will not contain any elements that are contrary to good morals, insulting, defamatory, infringing, xenophobic, homophobic, anti-Semitic, etc.
For these themes, the finalists are chosen by the members of the jury corresponding to the Challenger they have chosen.
No participation fees will be charged in 2023. Candidates have until the 30/09/2023 – 11:59pm (CET) to submit their projects on the following website: https://youngtalent.awardsplatform.com.
Each application file includes the invitation of a person who may be replaced at any time, for the event that will take place on Thursday, November 9, 2023 at the InterContinental Paris Le Grand Hotel.
The participation of the public in the award ceremony is free of charge and is done by registering with the Organizer at the following address: 5 rue de Dantzig 75015 Paris / events@hospitality-on.com until the day of the Event, Thursday, November 9, 2023, included.
Due to the limited number of places available, Hospitality ON reserves the right to give priority to hoteliers, clients, and partners, according to the quotas set by profile category.
Participants in the event agree that their name and photograph may be used in online publicity materials (websites of the Organizing Company) in connection with the Young Talent Awards and for a period of ten (10) years from the date of their participation in the awards ceremony, without reference, payment, or compensation.
The jury is composed of members of the Young Talent Awards Challengers. The selection of the finalists and the winners will be made by them. It guarantees the smooth running of the selection stages by defining the topics and the rules of the event.
Selection procedures:
The determination of the finalists and winner may follow a process containing up to different stages. No information on the selections will be revealed before the day of the ceremony, neither by the juries, nor by the organizing team or any other person who has access to the results before the ceremony.
Pre-selection by each specific jury:
The Jury, will make its own choice among the applications submitted to determine the finalists: A winning team will be chosen by each Challenger. The organizing company cannot be held responsible for the results of the votes due to the delay in receiving the application files. The results of the votes will not be communicated to the candidates.
A diploma attesting to their finalist status will be awarded to the finalist Candidates. A diploma will be awarded to the winner. These prizes have no financial value.
Each hotel group (“Challenger”) has the right to award the grand prize they wish within the legal regulations of the country.
The organizing committee will not be held responsible in case of non-respect of the laws by the Challengers or Candidates.
The Candidates and participants in the award ceremony accept that the Organizing Body reserves the right to verify their identity and any information contained in the registration form. Application forms that are not fully completed and/or contain incomplete or false contact information will not be taken into consideration and will result in the elimination of the participation.
The Organizing Body shall not incur any liability whatsoever if it is forced to cancel the present event in the event of force majeure or events beyond its control. The Organizing Body also reserves the right, within the limits provided for by the law in force, to extend or limit the participation period, to postpone it or to modify the conditions, and may not be held liable in this regard. Additions and modifications may be made to these rules. They will be considered as amendments to these rules. The amendment to the present rules will be filed with the bailiff's office that holds the present rules.
The Candidates agree that their name, first name, position, city of residence as well as any recording of their image or the sound of their voice made during the awards ceremony may appear for ten (10) years from the date of their participation in the awards ceremony on online advertising media (the Organizing Company's websites, communication media (brochures, application files, invitation card, emailing, press publications, Hospitality ON magazine) and printed materials related to the Hospitality Awards or Young Talent Awards, worldwide and without reference, payment or compensation other than the awarding of their trophy / diploma.
Any dispute concerning the interpretation of these rules shall be decided solely by the Organizing Body. No written or verbal request concerning the mechanism of the event, or the interpretation of the rules will be answered. In accordance with the provisions of Article 2254 of the French Civil Code, any action by Candidates against the Organizing Body arising from the validity, interpretation, performance or non-performance, interruption or termination of these rules shall be barred within one year of the award ceremony.
These rules (including their interpretation and any disputes arising from them) are governed by French law.
ANY LITIGATION ARISING FROM THE VALIDITY, INTERPRETATION, EXECUTION OR NON-EXECUTION, INTERRUPTION OR TERMINATION OF THE RULES SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE COMMERCIAL COURT OF PARIS.
These rules (including their interpretation and any disputes arising from them) are governed by French law.
Personal data of participants and Candidates will be collected and processed solely for the purposes of organizing the Event. In accordance with the law "informatique et libertés" of January 6, 1978, each participant and each Candidate has the right to access, rectify or delete information concerning him/her by sending a letter to the following address Hospitality ON - Hospitality Awards 5 rue de Dantzig, 75015 PARIS France. All participants and candidates may object to the processing of their data for marketing purposes.
The postal address of the event is "Hospitality ON – Young Talent Awards", 5 rue de Dantzig, 75015 Paris - France.
It is expressly agreed that participation in the Event entails the transfer by the Candidates, to the benefit of the Organizing Body, of all copyrights relating to their application file as well as to any element provided within the framework of the Event, except for the logo of their brand. In this regard, the Candidates acknowledge that they are giving up free of charge their rights of reproduction, representation and adaptation of their contribution(s) to the Organizing Body, for the entire world and for the entire duration of the legal protection of said rights in France, on all digital media (websites, social networks, community platforms, mobile applications, etc.) and printed media (books, guides, leaflets, brochures, posters, postcards, etc.) for commercial, promotional and/or advertising purposes by the Organizing Body and for its activities, products and/or services. The Candidate affirms that he/she is the author of the contributions he/she submits and guarantees that the works submitted are original and unpublished. In this respect, the Candidate is responsible for obtaining the authorizations of any third party having directly or indirectly participated in the creation of the contribution and/or who consider that they have any right to claim against it. The Respondent shall be responsible for any payments arising from such authorizations. In general, the Candidate guarantees the Organizing Body against any recourse, action or claim that any third party may make, in any capacity whatsoever, in connection with the exercise of the authorizations granted herein and, more generally, in connection with all guarantees and commitments made under these rules.
The Candidate agrees to hold the Organizing Body harmless from any claims by third parties due to copyright infringement or violation of exploitation or property rights, regardless of the nature thereof. In addition, the Applicant must ensure that the images, sounds and videos transmitted as part of the event do not violate the intellectual property rights or image rights of third parties. The Candidate shall be responsible for obtaining from any third party any license or authorization to use these elements in the context of the event and shall also ensure that these elements may be used commercially by the Organizing Body.
