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Embassy Suites Wants to Hear Your Embarrassing Holiday Party Stories

November 16, 2009 at 10:49 AM | by | Comments (0)

Already, we're seeing an avalanche of holiday-themed promotions and packages at hotels, but here's one that goes beyond turkey dinners and a big Christmas tree in the lobby. In fact, this promo from Embassy Suites seems almost public-service like.

The chain's Office Holiday Party No-Nos Contest is designed to promote good behavior at that most awkward of holiday events, with a pretty decent incentive for doing so. All red-faced office workers with an embarrassing holiday party story up their sleeves have to do is tell the world—well, the folks at Embassy Suites, anyways—all the messy, juicy details of said slip-up.

A panel will declare three of the stories the "winners"—judging on the basis of "potential for career damage, awkwardness of the regrettable experience, and humor." (In other words: unless you can make your sad tale of sleeping with your supervisor funny, save it for your diary.)

You can enter at Embassy's BusinessBalance.com blog (which is actually kinda useful) until December 4, and the winners will be announced around December 8. Oh, right, and what do they win? (Sorry, we were too busy fighting off memories of Chardonnay confessions, and belting out "I Can't Live (If Living Is Without You)" a la Bridget Jones at our own holiday parties gone by).

The three people with the most cringe-worthy stories will receive a complimentary holiday party for his or her office at a local Embassy Suites property—up to $2,000 in value but not including guest rooms or gratuities. The party must be held by January 31, 2010.

Over at the BusinessBalance blog you'll also find Embassy Suite's handy tips for not making a fool of yourself at this year's holiday party. Their advice seems pretty solid, however they also have party materials on the site: plans for office-paraphernalia-shaped ornaments, and printable mistletoe.

Maybe this is Embassy's way of promoting their guest rooms in a subversive way? Mistletoe + booze + that cute guy in payroll + hotel rooms upstairs? Wait, isn't this what they were just telling us to avoid?

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