Written by: Klára Smolová
Photo: Aleš Vlachovský (1-6, 11-13), Věroslav Sixt (7-10),

Beaujolais times two – 28.11.2002
Due to the NATO Summit many companies decided to push this year’s Beaujolais celebrations from the third Thursday to the fourth. Advertising agency Euro RSCG chose the traditional environment of Chez Marcel, so that guests could feel they were hundreds of kilometers away, celebrating in the middle of Paris.

Arnaud de la Hosseraye (left), advisor to the board at Komerční banka, and Gilles Bérouard, CEO, Euro RSCG

Bernard Lequiller (left), vice president, A.T.Kearney, and Patrice Cheroutre, member of the board, Komerční banka

Ivica Punčikar (left), general director, Podravka International, and Michel Touchot, deputy managing director, Euro RSCG

Newly opened Hotel Mercure used its Beaujolais festivities to get a bit closer to the local business community, travel agencies and journalists. Tables overflowed with food and wine.

Richard van Reem (left), designer, Relative, Ton de Ridder (middle) and Alex Stok, both directors of Dutch firm Network

Claus Schubert (left), president, Lions Club Prague, and Jean-Pierre Hottinger, general director, Vins de France

Jiří Ječmínek (left), managing director, East Sea Travel & Air Service, and Didier Legault Fraslin, general manager for CR and SR, Air France, with his wife

Philip Aarsman (left), managing director, Business Lease, Martin Ykema, general manager of Hotel Novotel and Robert-Jan Woltering, general manager of Hotel Mercure

At the White House – 03.12.2002
ING Real Estate hosted a few guests before the end of the year for an exclusive viewing of the housing complex Villa Bianca, which is being built in Prague’s Bubeneč district. The luxury apartments have been on sale since last September.

John Breaux (left), Lexxus, Stephen Rothbart (middle), Pisces Capital Ventures and Alexis Aldridge, director, Ambience Design Interior

Alison Pollit, director, Fision Group and Matthew Freney, asset manager, ING Real Estate Asset Management Central Europe

Frederico Salas (left), ambassador of Mexico, and John Breaux, managing director, Lexxus

Down by the Riverside – 03.12.2002
Orco Property Group recently completed the four star Hotel Riverside, a new addition to the Small Luxury Hotels chain. The grand opening was attended mainly by celebrities from the local business community.

Jan Grozdanovič (left), partner, Seddons Solicitors, and Henk Hoosen, partner, Linklaters, with his wife

Peter Medlock (left), director of Živnostenská banka, Jan Valdinger (middle), chief executive, PPF, and Nigel Mort, partner, Hanex Group

Silvano Pedretti (left), partner, Orco Property Group, with his wife Anna, Emmanuel Blouin and Thomas Brown, both from JP Morgan in Great Britain