Written by: Klára Smolová
Photo: Věroslav Sixt, Aleš Vlachovský, Tomáš Kubeš

Thank you! – 10.12.2003
During its existence the JWA agency has organized many events for its clients. This time the Christmas “disco” party in Joshua Tree was their own to thank their employees and faithful clients.

Ton Kemp (left), partner, Linklaters, Jozef Baník (middle), finance manager, Portland Trust,
and Francis J. Kučera, partner, Linklaters

Jo Weaver, owner of JWA, and Ken Graham, center manager, Cushman & Wakefield Healey & Baker

Peter Wojtusiak (left), architecture & development manager, Lewis Hickey Architects,
Simon Johnson, director, European Property Development

Alpha open for business – 11.12.2003
Passerinvest Group celebrated the opening of their new headquarters in the just finished building Alpha, part of the large BB Centrum project. The company has thus moved to the heart of activities, where buildings Beta and Gama are still under construction.

Jan Šefránek (left), director, EC Harris, with Charles Lewis (right), partner of EC Harris
and colleague Čestmír Šimůnek

Radim Passer (left), owner of Passerinvest Group,
and Vladimír Zeithammer, legal representative, AB Michle

Joseph Franz from EDS with Radim Passer (middle)
and Andrew Brent Smith, director, CB Richard Ellis

Take a break – 15.12.2003
The general director of Marriott and Renaissance Hotels offered business partners and friends a nice break during the pre-christmas rush – he invited them to a Christmas concert by the Stamic Quartet. The Swiss violinist Alexander Bessa was the special guest of the evening.

Silvano Pedretti (left), co-president, Orco Property Group, Marco Scipione (middle), Accenture,
and Willy Ribbe, general director of Marriott and Renaissance Hotels

Tarek Dallal (left), director of sales and marketing, Marriott Hotel, and
Anwar El Ahmad, manager Czech & Slovak Republics, Four Seasons Travel

Stefan Lager (left), general director, Etel, with wife and Jack Miller, legal representative,
Luxemburg Associates Ltd., and entrepreneur Olga Vanková

Life according to Kampa Park – 17.12.2003
Just before Christmas, the owner of Kampa Park launched a unique publication: “Park Life”. The book is partly a cook book and partly about the life and history of the restaurant, accompanied by a number of interesting photographs. Many VIPs were there to help launch the publication.

Václav Havel (left) with the book’s Editor-in-Chief Dan Levine

Robert Neale (left), managing director, Portland Trust, Nils Jebens and London singer Big Man

Nils Jebens (left), owner of the restaurant and author of the book, and Bessel Kok