Magnificent seventh

The venue has the largest ballroom in the capital city – and it had to be, in order to accommodate the 831 guests at what is now Poland’s premier real estate event. The surroundings were so sumptuous that even a billionaire president-elect wouldn’t have seemed out of place there, although it might have all been a bit more tasteful than what he’s used to. The guests were greeted at the entrance with a glass of bubbly supplied by drinks sponsor Xplan, as were the many prizes that could be won if you were lucky enough to peel back one of the winning stickers on the glass. Your correspondent was among this lucky number and then able to wear the prize, a bow-tie, for the rest of the evening (if you are suspicious about this, I can assure you that this outcome was in no way ‘rigged’, to employ a recent buzzword). All of this contributed to the high spirits as people mingled with acquaintances old and new in the DoubleTree’s spacious foyer, before the