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E: 03/01 Win a five-star break for two in Sri Lanka
Sunday Times Where Was I? competition
The prize:
The winner and a guest will stay for five nights, half-board, at Shangri-La’s Hambantota Golf Resort & Spa, Sri Lanka. This elegant five-star resort is surrounded by lush tropical gardens, framed by coconut palms, and overlooks a pristine beach on the south coast. Spread over 143 acres, it’s the largest resort on the island and offers a dazzling range of facilities, including an 18-hole golf course, Shangri-La’s signature Chi Ayurveda Spa, a water park and an artisan village showcasing local arts and crafts. Its four restaurants celebrate both Sri Lankan and Asian cuisine.
To help bring the country to life, the prize includes a specially designed trip to the nearby Udawalawe National Park. It’s an important habitat for Sri Lankan elephants, as well as being home to 135 species of butterfly.
Return flights are courtesy of the luxury travel company Kuoni, whose knowledgable personal travel experts create tailor-made holidays to more than 90 destinations around the world. Its travel stores can be found on high streets and in selected John Lewis department stores across Britain.
The prize, which includes airport transfers in resort, must be taken between January 6 and December 15, 2018, subject to availability and excluding the period March 26-April 13.
Terms and Conditions
1 The prize is a five-night stay in a Deluxe Garden Room at Shangri-La’s Hambantota Golf Resort & Spa, Sri Lanka. It includes buffet breakfast/dinner at the hotel’s all-day dining restaurant, Bojunhala, and a specially curated safari trip to Udawalawe National Park, and is based on two people sharing a room. The prize also includes return economy flights from London Heathrow on Sri Lankan Airlines (and taxes), as well as transfers in resort.
2 The prize excludes UK transfers and all other expenses, including travel insurance and activities, which are the responsibility of the winner and their guest.
3 Kuoni UK Ltd reserves the right to cancel or amend the competition and these terms and conditions without notice.
4 Accommodation must be requested within 90 days of the proposed date of arrival. Once this has been reserved, change fees may apply.
5 Kuoni UK Ltd is not responsible for inaccurate prize details supplied to any entrant by any third party connected with this competition.
6 Kuoni UK Ltd will notify the winner about how the prize can be arranged. Its decision in respect of all matters to do with the competition will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
7 The competition and these terms and conditions will be governed by English law and any disputes will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England.
8 Kuoni UK Ltd will not share entrants’ details with any third parties.
9 The winner agrees to the use of his/her name and image in any publicity material, including social media, email and in Kuoni Magazine.
10 Entry into the competition will be deemed as acceptance of these terms and conditions.
Questions
1 What is the name of the city?
Answer: Manchester
2 What is the name of the Roman town?
Answer: Mamucium
3 What is the name of the football manager?
Answer: Joe Mercer
4 What is the name of the river?
Answer: River Medlock
5 What is the name of the greatest canal?
Answer: Manchester Ship Canal
6 What are the names of the two novels?
Answer: Mary Barton and Magnolia Street
7 What is the name of the minister?
Answer: Ernest Marples
8 What is the name of the political theorist?
Answer: Karl Marx
The prize:
The winner and a guest will stay for five nights, half-board, at Shangri-La’s Hambantota Golf Resort & Spa, Sri Lanka. This elegant five-star resort is surrounded by lush tropical gardens, framed by coconut palms, and overlooks a pristine beach on the south coast. Spread over 143 acres, it’s the largest resort on the island and offers a dazzling range of facilities, including an 18-hole golf course, Shangri-La’s signature Chi Ayurveda Spa, a water park and an artisan village showcasing local arts and crafts. Its four restaurants celebrate both Sri Lankan and Asian cuisine.
To help bring the country to life, the prize includes a specially designed trip to the nearby Udawalawe National Park. It’s an important habitat for Sri Lankan elephants, as well as being home to 135 species of butterfly.
Return flights are courtesy of the luxury travel company Kuoni, whose knowledgable personal travel experts create tailor-made holidays to more than 90 destinations around the world. Its travel stores can be found on high streets and in selected John Lewis department stores across Britain.
The prize, which includes airport transfers in resort, must be taken between January 6 and December 15, 2018, subject to availability and excluding the period March 26-April 13.
Terms and Conditions
1 The prize is a five-night stay in a Deluxe Garden Room at Shangri-La’s Hambantota Golf Resort & Spa, Sri Lanka. It includes buffet breakfast/dinner at the hotel’s all-day dining restaurant, Bojunhala, and a specially curated safari trip to Udawalawe National Park, and is based on two people sharing a room. The prize also includes return economy flights from London Heathrow on Sri Lankan Airlines (and taxes), as well as transfers in resort.
2 The prize excludes UK transfers and all other expenses, including travel insurance and activities, which are the responsibility of the winner and their guest.
3 Kuoni UK Ltd reserves the right to cancel or amend the competition and these terms and conditions without notice.
4 Accommodation must be requested within 90 days of the proposed date of arrival. Once this has been reserved, change fees may apply.
5 Kuoni UK Ltd is not responsible for inaccurate prize details supplied to any entrant by any third party connected with this competition.
6 Kuoni UK Ltd will notify the winner about how the prize can be arranged. Its decision in respect of all matters to do with the competition will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.
7 The competition and these terms and conditions will be governed by English law and any disputes will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England.
8 Kuoni UK Ltd will not share entrants’ details with any third parties.
9 The winner agrees to the use of his/her name and image in any publicity material, including social media, email and in Kuoni Magazine.
10 Entry into the competition will be deemed as acceptance of these terms and conditions.
Questions
1 What is the name of the city?
Answer: Manchester
2 What is the name of the Roman town?
Answer: Mamucium
3 What is the name of the football manager?
Answer: Joe Mercer
4 What is the name of the river?
Answer: River Medlock
5 What is the name of the greatest canal?
Answer: Manchester Ship Canal
6 What are the names of the two novels?
Answer: Mary Barton and Magnolia Street
7 What is the name of the minister?
Answer: Ernest Marples
8 What is the name of the political theorist?
Answer: Karl Marx
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A lot of questions! I wonder if this is a new thing!“It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald0
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