Hilton HHonors - Hilton Garden Inn, May 8th, 100,000 PTS Giveaway

I won't be able to stay in a Hilton Garden Inn on May 8th, but there is a great opportunity to win 100,000 points if you can book a night.

"Hilton Garden Inn celebrates 100!
The opening of the Hilton Garden Inn hotel in Orlando, Florida, is the 100th HHonors hotel for this brand. To celebrate, on May 8, 2001, Hilton Garden Inn will be giving away 100,000 Hilton HHonors bonus points to one lucky guest at each of our 100 Hilton Garden Inn hotels on this day ONLY. That's a total of 10 million HHonors bonus points we are giving away! Simply stay at a Hilton Garden Inn on May 8, 2001, and you might leave with 100,000 HHonors bonus points. Offer valid on May8, 2001, at Hilton Garden Inn hotels ONLY."

Sounds like great odds. I wonder which Garden Inns have the fewest rooms?

This promotion was discussed here in depth too:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum57/HTML/001690.html

[This message has been edited by chix (edited 04-29-2001).]

I've emailed Hhonors twice requesting the names of the winners of this promotion. No response to either. Has anyone verified that any promotion points were EVER awarded? I stayed at an HGI that night, and the desk clerks at that location didn't even know about it.

Same here. Although I made them aware. Finally the next morning after I trained them (I had a copy of the contest rules with me) they said they drew a winner and it was not me.

I too would like a winners list Hilton.

I was extremely disappointed in the lack of communication about the contest... Even the manager did not know about it when I checked in May 8.

There was a FT'er that won. Here are some related threads...

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum57/HTML/001764.html

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum57/HTML/001690.html

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum57/HTML/001882.html

[This message has been edited by chix (edited 06-12-2001).]