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And the winner is…

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They say “Never Give Up”.  Clearly many of the participants didn’t, because they knew they had more chances of winning. The Grand Prize winner of our Twitter Contest # StarRoom did not stop tweeting. Want to know who won?

The lucky winner of the contest is Nieves Arranz.

 This contestant submitted more than 90 tweets describing her ideal room. Can you imagine a # StarRoom that will bring together all the features of her tweets? It would be the perfect room, right? At least for Nieves.

Don’t get discouraged, “The Walk of Fame” contest is still active! Maybe you’ll be the next winner!

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Monkfish & Vegetables Empanadas

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We always crave empanadas! Today the “Passion for Cooking” suggest these, because they have a touch of “originality” not like the same old tuna, meat or cheese … today’s empanadas are made of monkfish and vegetables! This is how you make them:

 Ingredients
 8 people

 • 8 empanada sheets

 • 250 g of munkfish

 • 1 zucchini

 • 1 red pepper

 • 1 yellow pepper

 • 1 green pepper

 • 2 dried tomatoes

 • 1 clove garlic

 • 1 small onion

 • 2.5 dl of milk

 • 2.5 dl fish stock

 • 125 g flour

 • 100 g butter

 • Olive oil

 • Salt

Directions

Add a little olive oil to the skillet and fry the chopped vegetables for a few minutes, then add the chopped garlic. Remove three quarters of the vegetables and place in a bowl. Cut the monkfish in squares and add to the skillet for a few minutes.

 Filling:
In  another pan add melt the butter incorporate the flour. Let it cook a little, add the hot fish stock and milk until it’s thickened. Then add  the sauce with the monkfish, the salt and let cool.

 The dough:
Stretch it in the center, placed one teaspoon of filling, moisten the edges with water and seal with the fork.

 Add Oil to a skillet and fry the empanadas (the oil has to be very hot)  Serve in a dish with a layer of the leftover vegetables and herbs.

Bon appetit!

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Phase 2 Winner – Walk of Fame

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We completed the second phase! Finally got the 14,000 stars!
Thank you for making this happen!

Winner Phase 2: Kyle Dubourdieu
Winner Phase 1: Johane Lavallee

Don’t worry you still have two more chances to win. So let’s get 15,000 “likes”!
Remember the more you share, the faster we do the drawing!

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We’ve Got Our No. 1 LoveStar!

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First of all, we’d like to thank all of you for your enthusiasm! Participation in this contest totally rocked. There were so many bonbons pouring in, if we had to actually eat them all we’d be in a sugar coma! :-S But seriously, folks, on this one we can honestly say you were all LoveStars.

But we could only pick one top winner, and we’re sure you want us to get right to it. The lucky gal, chosen via random.org, is none other than Rita Sams. We’ll be in touch with Rita via email to get her details so we can issue travel documents. If we don’t hear back from Rita within 4 days, we’ll contact the first runner up, Kristen David, and if she doesn’t answer in four days, the second runner-up, Susan Ellen. In the unlikely event we can’t reach any of these folks, we won’t be able to award the prize, so please check your e-mails!

As for the rest of you, as we always say, don’t give up – you just know we’ve got plenty more contests on the way! In fact, we can tell you that the next one starts this coming week. But it’s a whole different ballgame – for starters, it won’t be on Facebook but on Twitter. So sure, we’re definitely looking forward to the weekend – but even more so to next week. How about you? :-)

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New Travel Contest Alert: On the Set with Banderas!

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Fans of the movies, of Antonio Banderas, and of Iberostar, today is your day! At noon Eastern Standard Time we launch our exciting new travel contest: On the Set with Banderas. We know you all love the sultry Spanish actor as much as you love our hotels, so we have created this contest to allow you to show off your vast knowledge of Banderas film trivia!

It’s easy, too: On the “On the Set with Banderas” tab on our Facebook wall, there is a 6-question multiple-choice “quiz.” Surely you know them all, but just in case, fear not: you can click on the links in each question for clues! You’ll need to get all 6 answers right to enter the final random prize drawing, as only those participants who have answered all 6 questions correctly will be eligible.

The prize is almost as cool as starring in your own movie: the winner will be able to enjoy our new all-inclusive Iberostar Cancun in Mexico for all of 6 nights! And, as if that weren’t fabulous enough, the stay will coincide with the grand inauguration of the hotel, which none other than — you guessed it — Antonio Banderas will attend. Flights are included, too, so that the winner and his or her companion will only have to worry about enjoying themselves like the Stars that they are on such a special occasion.

New Contest Alert: Fake Trip SMS

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At Iberostar, we don’t want anyone to miss out on the opportunity to win a fab free vacation with us, so for all of you who don’t have a webcam and wanted to participate on our Fake Trip contest, today’s your lucky day! We’ve just launched a brand-new contest on Facebook: Fake Trip SMS.

It’s easy as pie to participate: Just write a message to anyone you wish (significant other, friends, family, colleagues, even your boss, pretending that you’re having a great time in one of our hotels. A jury will select as the winner the most original message from among the 10 messages with the most votes, so remember: be as original as you want, and ask your friends & family to vote for you. Here’s a fun example:

“Hey Mike, watch the cat for me, I’m too busy stuffing my face at the Iberostar buffet. A big hug from Mexico!”

Easy, right? All you need is a Facebook profile and to be a fan of Iberostar Hotels & Resorts… and a keyboard, of course!

The prize is a total dream trip: 5 nights for two people including round-trip flights, depending on where you live: residents of the Americas will go to the Iberostar Paraíso resort on Mexico‘s glam Riviera Maya, while residents of Europe will enjoy the Iberostar Anthelia in Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands.

Can you imagine a better way to start the week?

And the Winner of Our Iberostar TriviaStar Quiz Is…

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Drumroll, please! The lucky winner of our recent TriviaStar Quiz contest is none other than Tim Parks of Alberta, Canada, who was chosen in a random drawing conducted on Random.org among the first five participants to answer all five questions correctly. Congratulations, Tim!

Tim will enjoy one complimentary night at his choice of the Iberostar Cozumel on Mexico’s Riviera Maya, or at Iberostar Costa Dorada in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. Wherever Tim chooses to park his bags, he will enjoy the sybaritic pleasures of a luxury all-inclusive Iberostar vacation.

We thank the other four top contenders, Nancy Moreira Melo, Ewa Jelesnianski, Mary Kasch and John Scranton, as well as all contestants, for your participation in our TriviaStar Quiz. We were honestly surprised at how many of you got most or all of the answers right, proving that Iberostar’s fans know our hotels and our destinations. We’re proud of you guys!

And if you didn’t win this time, don’t despair: try your luck right now at www.IberostarConnection.com, where you can watch some of the terrific videos guests are sending home from our resorts and enter a contest to win a week of total decadence at Iberostar Grand Hotel Paraiso, voted Tripadvisor Traveler’s Choice 2011 best all-inclusive hotel on Planet Earth! Good luck!

Finally, for those of you who’d like to know the correct answers to our TriviaStar Quiz, we’re happy to oblige:

1. Hacienda Dominicus is located in the Dominican Republic.
2. The Teide volcano is not accessible from our Riviera Maya resorts.
3. Mangú is a yummy dish made from plantains in the Dominican Republic.
4. In Brazil, Iberostar has resorts in Salvador da Bahia.
5. The new Iberostar Cancun is built in the shape of a pyramid.

Thank you all for loving Iberostar, we love you too! :-)