I love how brands are turning to social media channels such as Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook to host contests and give away prizes.
I recently learned about a fun Hyatt Place contest, where they are giving away “200 nights in 200 hours†to celebrate the opening of their 200th Hyatt Place hotel.
Beginning August 18th through August 26th, if you share a photo showcasing Hyatt Place via Twitter, Instagram, or Foursquare/Swarm, then you can win a free Hyatt Place night if you are one of the selected winners.
For your photo to qualify, you need to tag it with #HyattPlace and #HPEntry. The winners aren’t exactly selected by random either, since this is a contest. Winners are selected based on: creativity of photo (50%) and also the extent to which photo captures Hyatt Place brand (50%). You can read contest’s the full T&C here.
I entered via Instagram with a photo of my room at the Hyatt Place in Waikiki. I was thrilled to receive comment on the photo from Hyatt this morning stating I was a winner!
Here’s a link to my winning photo:
Any other winners out there?!?
Cool! Me too.
My stay was “awesome!” :)
http://travelblawg.boardingarea.com/my-awesome-free-night-win-and-stay-at-hyatt-place/
Hate to be cynical but I’d bet that you won because of your blogger status.
I WON TOO!!!!!!!!!! WOOO HOOO!!!!!!!!!
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Seems that a lot of bloggers won, but regular joes didn’t. Pretty cheap way to get some free advertising, but not exactly fair.
I actually don’t think having Blogger status made me win at all. By doing a simple search for #HPEntry on Instagram, there were only 34 entries when I posted my pic, so the majority of people won that day because they picked a winner every hour. As of now there are only 163 posts. The pool of pics isn’t that large at the moment so everyone pretty much has a nice shot!
You’re right. It’s wide open. I won a free night too and I have a friend who’s not a blogger who won one too. Competition is just thin. Thanks for posting the article. I knew about this promo but I totally didn’t pay any attention to it until you posted about winning!