The Benefits of and Notice to Members of Equator Legend (hereinafter referred to as “this Notice”) is a reward privileges program launched by Hotel Equatorial Shanghai to thank and support its VIP guests for their spending at Equatorial. In order to ensure your membership benefits, please read carefully the terms and conditions of this Notice. Your completion of application for a membership status indicates that you have agreed to accept all the terms and conditions of this Notice.
You are sincerely welcome to have a good time with Equatorial. From now on, when you successfully become an Equator Legend member, Equatorial will automatically upgrade your membership card to a certain level with corresponding exclusive shopping privileges on the basis of your cumulative annual consumption in Equatorial. Please note that the cumulative consumption and points redemption criteria for Equator Legend membership card are only related to your consumption in Equatorial guest rooms (valid channels), excluding your offline consumption and your consumption in Equatorial’s physical stores.
Article 1 Equatorial member
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“Member” means a distinguished consumer whose application for use and possession of an Equator Legend membership card is approved and who is recognized by Equatorial as its member, subject to the terms and conditions of this Notice and Equatorial’s announcement.
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A Member is entitled to various preferential benefits provided by Equatorial, and shall abide by the relevant membership policies of Equatorial. If you disagree with this Notice and related provisions after receiving the membership card, you may suspend the use of the membership card.
Article 2 Custody and ownership of Equator Legend membership card (“Membership Card”)
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The Membership Card is divided into four levels: “Jade Card”, “Silver Card”, “Gold Card” and “Centurion Card”. Each Member may only hold one Membership Card, i.e., a virtual Membership Card on the virtual card platform (Equatorial’s website).
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The relevant benefits in the Membership Card shall be for your personal use only. You may neither lend or transfer your Membership Card nor mortgage or use the Membership Card for any other financial purposes.
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The Membership Card may only be used by Members for the purpose of making purchases and enjoying discounts and other exclusive offers and privileges in Equatorial, and shall not be used for billing or any other identification purposes.
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The Membership Card shall not be used together with or replace the membership cards of other merchants at Equatorial. If your Membership Card is unidentifiable or contains wrong information, please contact Equatorial.
Article 3 Points rules
Membership card points: you may earn 10 points for each and every RMB1 spent, provided however that no points will be granted for consumptions other than room reservation through valid channels.
Article 4 Acquisition of membership card qualification and related procedures
Whoever meets the following requirements and has a consumption in Equatorial equal to or more than the prescribed cumulative amount may apply for a Membership Card and enjoy an upgrade to a certain level with exclusive benefits:
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Jade card member: Register on the website of Equator Legend and become a member on the date of registration.
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Silver card member: Spending over CNY500 at Equatorial during the period from the date of joining the Club to December 31 of the corresponding year or any natural year thereafter, you'll get the silver card membership status from the second business day and enjoy the benefits and offers exclusive for silver card members.
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Gold card member: Spending over CNY5,000 at Equatorial during the period from the date of joining the Club to December 31 of the corresponding year or any natural year thereafter, you'll get the gold card membership status from the second business day and enjoy the benefits and offers exclusive for gold card members.
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Centurion Card member: Spending over CNY30,000 at Equatorial during the period from the date of joining the Club to December 31 of the corresponding year or any natural year thereafter, you'll get the Centurion Card membership status from the second business day and enjoy the benefits and offers exclusive for Centurion Card members.
Article 5 Qualification and validity term of membership card
The Jade Membership Card is permanently valid.
The Silver Card, Gold Card and Centurion Card shall be valid as of the date on which the qualification of such Membership Card is obtained until December 31 of the next year.
Article 6 Invalidation of membership card
If a Member violates the relevant provisions of this Notice, or commits any act that obviously undermines the reputation of Equatorial, or is inclined to violate this Notice or makes improper use of the Membership Card, and Equatorial affirms or has the reasonable reason to believe that such Member is no longer eligible to hold the Membership Card, Equatorial is entitled to cancel such Member’s Membership Card qualification, suspend such Member’s use of its Membership Card without any notice, and request such Member to compensate for all losses arising therefrom (if any).
Article 7 Points redemption
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Equatorial will regularly launch points-to-gifts redemption activities, providing you with rich privileges and gifts.
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After completion of points redemption on Equator Legend’s website, the guest's registered email will receive an e-coupon. When a guest checks in, he/she shall show the e-coupon to the reception, who will check and cancel the e-coupon in the background system of Equatorial. The e-coupon shall be kept by its owner. Equatorial will not be liable for your failure to get a gift or the loss of your gift if you authorize another person to receive the e-coupon, or your e-coupon is lost or the redemption of the e-coupon is beyond its expiry date.
Article 8 Change in registered information of membership card
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If there is any change in your personal information such as name, email address or telephone number, please timely correct your personal information online or inform Equatorial of such change by calling Equatorial’s service hotline so as to ensure that you may enjoy the Equatorial membership privileges and services in a timely and accurate manner.
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If you change any registered information and fail to timely complete the aforementioned change procedures, the relevant membership benefits may be damaged, in which case, Equatorial will not be liable for any such possible loss or any other adverse consequences.
Article 9 Provision of information by members
Joining Equatorial as a Member indicates that you have agreed to provide Equatorial with your correct personal information.
Article 10 Upon expiration of the valid period of the Silver Card, Gold Card and Centurion Card, Equatorial will renew or change the membership status according to the following standards of annual cumulative consumption in Equatorial. Please note that the consumption amounts cannot be compounded across years:
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If the cumulative consumption within a calendar year reaches CNY500-CNY4,999, the Silver Card membership may be renewed; if not, the Silver Card membership will be degraded to Jade Card membership.
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If the cumulative consumption within a calendar year reaches CNY5,000-CNY29,999, the Gold Card membership may be renewed; if not, the Gold Card membership will be degraded to Silver Card membership.
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If the cumulative consumption within a calendar year reaches CNY30,000, the Centurion Card membership may be renewed; if not, the Centurion Card membership will be degraded to Gold Card membership.
Article 11 Change in rules
Equatorial reserves the right to modify this Notice. Any modification to this Notice shall be announced on Equator Legend’s website without notice to Members.
If a Member continues to use the Membership Card after the said announcement is issued, it is deemed that such Member has agreed to such change.
Article 12 Governing law and dispute resolution
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This Notice shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the People’s Republic of China.
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The Member agrees that any dispute arising from his/her consumption or any other behavior in Equatorial shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the People’s Court of Jing’an District, Shanghai.
This Notice comes into enforcement as of January 1, 2020.
When you register as a Member of Equator Legend or visit Equator Legend’s website, Equator Legend will collect your personal information, including but not limited to name, gender, birthday, email address, telephone number, equipment information, and location information. Equator Legend will keep your personal information confidential according to law and will only collect, process and use it for the purposes of:
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enabling you to use our website to register as an Equatorial Member;
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displaying products, offering personalized recommendation and sending promotion and marketing information;
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accelerating communication between Equatorial and you;
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engaging in the payment and settlement for and delivery of goods and providing you with better products or services;
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conducting internal audit, data analysis and research to improve the products or services of Equatorial; and
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meeting other purposes permitted by laws and regulations.
I have reached the age of 16 (or the minimum adult age stipulated by local laws, whichever is higher), and agree to provide Equatorial with correct personal information for the application for Equator Legend membership, receiving Equatorial’s activity notices and enjoying Equatorial’s Member benefits.
Please feel free to contact Equatorial for matters related to this Notice and the Membership Cards. This Notice comes into effect as of January 1, 2020.
