Please make sure to read through the terms and conditions thoroughly before submitting your application.

“Competition” means North East England Tourism Awards
“Organiser” means NewcastleGateshead Initiative (Destination North East England)
“You” means the individual who submits an application
“Platform” means the online system that the applicant must use to complete their application.

By submitting an application to the Competition, you agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions:

• Applications for the Competition must be submitted before the deadline stated https://destinationnortheasten...
• Applications must be submitted by following the link at https://visitengland-chapters....
• It is free to apply to all of the Competition categories.
• The Organiser reserve the right to amend the judging process at the time if circumstances make judging visits impractical.
• Applications may be submitted by any individual representing the business to which the application relates to and the individual who submits the application will also become the contact whom all correspondence from the Organiser concerning the Competition will be addressed to.
• You must inform the Organiser immediately of any changes to the contact information relating to you or the business to which the application relates to during the Competition.
• Individuals submitting applications on behalf of another business, must have the express permission of the owner or manager of the business the application relates to.
• The business or individual(s) to which the application relates to complies with all current and relevant legal and licensing obligations. The Organiser reserve the right to not consider an application if this is in doubt and cannot be confirmed.
• The business or individual(s) to which the application relates to operates ethically and is not involved in activity that could (or does) bring the visitor economy/ tourism industry/ Competition into disrepute. The Organiser reserve the right to not consider an application if this is in doubt and cannot be confirmed.
• You can apply for more than one category, except where specified within the eligibility criteria, but separate applications must be completed for each.
• Applications will only be considered if they are deemed to meet the eligibility criteria.
• Applications will only be considered if they are submitted via the Platform and completed in full and do not exceed the maximum word counts.
• The Organiser reserves the right to move an application into a different category, if deemed more appropriate and should this occur you will be informed.
• The business or individual(s) to which the application relates too, agrees to be part of any publicity undertaken in association with the Competition. You accept and agree that the Organiser may use or publish any photographs, comments or evidence submitted at any stage of the Competition in any media, waiving any rights to payment or to inspect and approve a finished product.
• You confirm that you or business to which the application relates to own the copyright to any photographs included with your application.
• The Organiser may send you communications via email in relation to your application to the Competition e.g. reminders of the deadline and to submit your application, notification of successful application submission, judging feedback, applicant survey, event invitation.
• The Organiser and VisitBritain/VisitEngland may store your contact information within databases to send you marketing communications including newsletters, future events and promotions unrelated to the Competition.
• Competition judges may decline to award winners at any level in some or all categories, if in their opinion there are insufficient entries of a winning standard.
• The prize provided by the Organiser for each winner will be a certificate and/or trophy. There is no cash alternative.
• Competition winners may publicise their success indefinitely provided the placing, category and year are specified in all publicity and materials.
• Competition winners may only use the specific logo issued by the Organiser and not modify it in any way, nor use, or adapt for use, any other logo connected with the Organiser.
• The Organiser and VisitEngland will not accept responsibility for applications delayed or lost as a result of any network, computer hardware or software failure.
• In the event of any dispute regarding the Competition eligibility criteria, application forms, judging process, choice of finalists/winners or any other matter relating to the Competition, the decisions of the Organiser shall be final and no correspondence or discussion shall be entered into.
• Any queries in relation to judging should be directed to tourismawards@dnee.co.uk
• The Organiser reserves the right to make changes to these Applicant Terms and Conditions at any time and may notify you in writing of these changes.

Any data you provide will be handled in accordance with the Organiser https://www.ngi.org.uk/privacy, VisitEngland’s privacy policy https://www.visitbritain.org/privacy-policy and the privacy policy of the organisation contracted to provide the Platform www.getopenwater.com/privacy-policy