| Headline: Prague gets ready to party Source: Euromoney Date: September 2000 Author: Anja Helk Delegates at the IMF meeting in Prague this month will have a variety of cultural events to enjoy away from the main event. The Czech capital boasts a number of historic settings, including palaces, cathedrals and a castle. Fittingly, Deutsche Bank will be entertaining 600 guests with the Berlin Philharmonic Brass Ensemble at its party on Sunday evening at the Marriott Hotel. Unico Banking group, a network of nine top European banks, will also offer some sophisticated diversion to the 500 guests at its reception on Tuesday at the Rudolfinum. The Czech National Symphony Orchestra will play Dvorak’s Symphony No 9, “From the New World”. The Institute of International Finance and its chairman Sir John Bond will be welcoming 400 leading bankers to what it promises will be a glittering affair in Prague Castle on Saturday night. Wim Duisenberg will be the keynote speaker. Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs will use the opera house on Sunday as the venue for a cocktail party for 1,000 delegates. But such lavish affairs are no longer the rule, and certain banks are trimming their budgets. |