Left to right, Glenn Rita (co-manager), Shawn Cook (winner), Ella Ang-Vargas (co-manager), and Darin Manegre (co-owner-operator) during Wednesday's cheque presentation at Comfort Inn and Suites North Battleford. (Submitted photo/Comfort Inn and Suites)

By battlefordsNOW staff

Grand prize draw

Comfort Inn and Suites gives lucky guest $10,000 in “Stay and Win” promotion

Jan 12, 2023 | 4:00 PM

Comfort Inn and Suites North Battleford awarded $10,000 to a lucky guest who won the grand prize in the hotel’s “Stay and Win” promotion giveaway for 2022.

Shawn Cook, of Winnipeg, who stayed at the hotel, was the big winner and was presented with a cheque for the cash winnings Wednesday.

The hotel’s co-owner-operator, Darin Manegre, said the promotion was a great way to give back to guests who visited the hotel in 2022. He said Cook was thrilled to discover he won.

Manegre said Cook was also visiting one of the local business sponsors this week when he found out he was the big winner.

“He happened to be down at Scott Campbell Dodge, so he was not just staying at the hotel,” Manegre said. “It was awesome. He was ecstatic.”

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Manegre said as part of the promotion, for each of the 52 weeks of the year in 2022 one of the hotel guests staying at the hotel that week was selected in a draw for a $100 gift card from one of the supporting businesses. Then, at the end of the year, those 52 winners’ names were put into a draw for a chance for the grand-prize winnings of $10,000. So, in essence, the grand prize winner really wins twice.

Manegre said the hotel plans to run the promotion again throughout 2023, since it was such a great success for 2022 – the first time the contest was offered. He hopes the incentive brings more customers to the hotel.

“If it’s a decision-maker on where you want to stay, we just think it assists in getting them to stay with us,” he said.

Manegre thanks all the many sponsor businesses for their help in making the promotion possible.

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