2025 CEEQA Gala
21 May Wyscigi, Warsaw
6pm – Late
This year’s CEEQA Gala takes place once again at the prestigious Wyscigi racecourse in the south of Warsaw on Wednesday 21 May.
The flagship annual gathering and industry awards showcasing excellence in CEE & SEE real estate brings together 700 industry leaders in investment, development, finance, services and consulting from across Europe for the announcement of the best building’s, companies and industry professionals of the year in CEE & SEE real estate.
The champagne reception commences at 6 pm and the gala dinner & awards ceremony from 8.30-10 pm followed by the late night after party with unparalleled fine dining by Belvedere Catering and world class entertainment have established CEEQA as the elite destination gathering for the sector’s most influential professionals.
Join the cream of the sector for a memorable evening celebrating the achievements and success stories of the year at Wyscigi racecourse in Warsaw.
Find out more about the 2025 awards here
See who are the members of the 2025 CEEQA Jury here
Reserve you place at the 2025 CEEQA Gala here
Special Guests Garry Kasparov & Judit Polgar
Recent guest stars at CEEQA have included Morcheeba, Atomic Kitten, M People, Boomtown Rats and Macy Gray.
A bit of chess fun awaits this year’s gala guests. The popular synergy between chess and business is renowned, the opportunity to be entertained by the best in recorded history in any sport is a privilege, to have both the greatest-of-all-time male and female chess players sharing the stage at the same time is a very rare privilege indeed, who both know a thing or two about strategy, tactics and the pursuit of excellence.
We look forward to presenting the two undisputed GOATs of chess for some wise words and chess action, including the opportunity to take on the best in history across the board.
Kasparov the Beast of Baku
Born in Baku, Azerbaijan, Kasparov rose to prominence in the Soviet Union to become World Champion at the age of 22, which he held for a record fifteen consecutive years and was the number one rated chess player in the world for a record 21 consecutive years. Since retiring from chess in 2005, Kasparov lives in New York and devotes his time to writing and politics, he was an early proponent of AI and is a vocal critic of the current Russian leadership and the Ukraine war. He is widely hailed as the greatest chess player of all time.
Polgar the Hungary Lioness
Judit Polgar, born in Budapest, Hungary, is universally regarded as the greatest woman chess player of all time. She became a chess grandmaster at the age of 15, at the time the youngest ever to do so, male or female, breaking the revered Bobby Fischer’s record. Playing mostly in men’s tournaments she rose to eighth ranked player in the world, man or woman, including numerous open tournament victories, and famously beat Kasparov in tournament play in 2002. Since retiring in 2014 Polgar has established the Judit Polgar Foundation promoting chess for children, and founded two educational programs for pre-school and primary school children promoting learning through chess which today are included in the Hungarian national curriculum. In 2015 she founded Judit Polgar’s Global Chess Festival. She was awarded the Commander’s Cross with Star of The Hungarian Order of Merit, one of Hungary’s highest awards.
Booking
Booking is open for tickets or corporate tables for the event. Early bookings receive priority seating for the gala dinner.
Reserve your place at the 2025 CEEQA Gala here
Find out more about the 2025 awards here
Hotel accommodation – Bristol Hotel
For guests traveling to Warsaw for the gala we are pleased to provide a special discount rate for CEEQA guests at our exclusive 5-star appointed partner hotel in central Warsaw and only 20 minutes by taxi, or the CEEQA Shuttle, to the gala venue.
Find out more about our special discounted rate at the Warsaw Bristol Hotel here
Gala transport – CEEQA Shuttle
For guests traveling to the event from central Warsaw we offer a shuttle bus from the Hotel Bristol every 15 minutes from 5.45 pm on the date of the gala. The most efficient and well-appointed shuttle in the world.
About CEEQA
CEEQA is the main industry awards and flagship annual gathering for industry leaders in CEE & SEE commercial real estate. Established in the market place since 2003, the awards recognise excellence in commercial real estate investment, development finance and consulting across 18 countries in Central & Eastern Europe and Southeast Europe.
The short list of candidates following the first round of judging is published on 15 April. The winners are announced on 21 May at the 2025 CEEQA Gala in Warsaw.
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