Let’s start from the beginning. On the day when the whole of Poland was preparing for the coming of Cyclone Xavier, over 700 people from the real estate and construction industries, without regard for the increasingly high winds, were getting ready for the gala, which as usual took place in the Hilton Warsaw Hotel. As soon as 7 pm came around, the hotel foyer began to fill with excited voices as well as the smell of perfume and hair spray. The atmosphere of excitement increased with every minute as everyone became consumed by curiosity – who was going to scoop the most Eurobuild statuettes this year? And finally it began. The hosts of the evening, Ewa Andrzejewska, the editor-in-chief of ‘Eurobuild Central & Eastern Europe’, and TV presenter Hubert Urbański were there to greet the guests seated in the banquet hall, where not only were they to experience culinary sensations, but would also be dazzled by the current sensations of the world of real estate. The