Saturday, September 08, 2007

Design Embassy's new 'Do Not Disturb' sign

Whimsical "do not disturb" signs are popping up on hotel doorknobs. ("Shhhh, I am becoming one with my minibar," reads one at Shutters on the Beach in Santa Monica, Calif.)

Embassy Suites Hotels — whose current signs say "There’s a good reason for you not to knock right now" — invites travelers to design its next generation of messages. Wednesday, it unveiled embassysuitesdndcontest.com, where anyone can post an entry. Five winners will get free stays at hot destinations; their DND messages will be rotated at Embassy properties.

Embassy Suites exec John Lee tells me its offbeat DND signs are popular take-home items, “which is fine by me. Travel should be fun.”

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