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Networking in progress at Dear Watson during CIBCA's October event ☘️CIBCA Speed Networking - October 22, 2026 CIBCA decided to try a new format for its Autumn meetup – Speed Neworking, held at the cosy Dear Watson in Karlín. Each attendee got the chance to meet every other attendee for a brief introductory chat – just 2 minutes long. The idea was to push people outside their regular circles, to forge new business and social contacts. After the formalised meetups, the network

Bytky has an interactive map which is intuitive and includes all listings from Sreality and Bezrealitky Bytky is a new free map of every flat to rent or buy in the Czech Republic, in English (and other languages), showing whether each price is fair compared to similar flats nearby and what each flat really costs a month. All free, no account needed: - Every rental on one map: https://bytky.com/explore - Guides for newcomers, by city: https://bytky.com/expats - Renting a f

The Zeo Homes U boží vody residential project consists of 9 passive modular houses Pierwood Capital - established 2011 by Irishman and longtime Prague resident Frank Nourse - are innovative leaders in residential housing development based in Prague. They focus on building and developing very low energy passive homes through their sister company ZEO HOMES. Pierwood Capital founder Frank Nourse You can read more about Pierwood capital here, and about Frank Nourse's story in thi

CIBCA's stand at the event CIBCA Members participated this May in the evening event "Around the World with 14 Chambers" - a forum for business networking and showcasing national gastronomic offerings from the following chambers of commerce (in alphabetical order) - BRITISH - British Chamber of Commerce CANADIAN - Canadian Chamber of Commerce DUTCH - Netherlands-Czech Chamber of Commerce FRENCH - Chambre de commerce franco-tchèque / Francouzsko-česká obchodní komora GERMAN - Č

Starting from October 23, 2025 Aer Lingus will fly direct to Cork from Prague, twice a week. This route has been reinstated after a break of 17 years, and will operate on Thursdays and Sundays using an Airbus A320 (174 seats). In addition to the new route, the existing Dublin service will also remain in the winter flight schedule. Click to book your flight now! About Cork Airport Cork Airport is the Gateway to the South of Ireland, and as the second largest and best-connected

CIBCA President James Porter introducing the event. CIBCA Members participated this May in the evening event " Around the World with Ten...

Thank you to all that made it last night to the wonderful "Around the world with 10 Chambers" event. We were blessed with warm weather, good company and bountiful food and drinks. And we managed to raise CZK 53,000 for the events charity partner Médecins Sans Frontières. Looking forward to next year already!

Dear Sir / Madam, We take the liberty to address you in these difficult times – difficult for us all but especially for companies and business-people. The Czech Chamber of Commerce is, as the most representative business association in the Czech Republic, actively supporting the domestic business community and leads discussions and negotiations with the Government of the Czech Republic and other relevant institutions and organisations. We are continuously informing of our e

The heritage of the Jurys Group can be traced back to 1881, when William Jury opened his first boarding house in Dublin. After 10 years of a long and successful partnership with the Jurys Inn Group, the hotel was rebranded on 1st September 2019. The hotel will be an Independent lifestyle concept and will be operating under a new name Botanique Hotel Prague designed by well known Lábus architects and Olgoj Chorchoj design studio. There will be no change of ownership of the hot

CIBCA in collaboration with nine chambers of commerce hosted an outstanding multicultural and networking event.

A Big Shout-Out to Blake Wittman for the excellent presentation last Thursday on the new trends in recruiting and how GoodCall are addressing the challenge. Fascinating insights and good lessons for both employers and employees. We will post a link here to download the presentation in a few days. Thank you to all for attending.

A big shout-out to Peter Wojtusiak and CBRE for the insightful and entertaining deep-dive into the Czech real-estate market. Attendance...

A huge thank you to Brand Embassy CEO, Vit Horky, for sharing his insights with us last night. We learnt about the challenges of founding a start-up, going global and staying focused. We encourage everybody to buy Vit's book, due to be published this November on Amazon. Thank you also to Derek for organizing the event and to the Irish Embassy for hosting it!

We had a great golf outing last week. Many thanks to Derek for organizing, and to Eoin and Paul for helping out! Players on the day: Blake Wittman Andy Newman Stephen Hill Jon Mortimer Mike Topham Erik Lantink Tom Kindermans Erik Gloersen (sorry if we missed a name! Please ping us and we'll correct this post)

Dear CIBCA Members and Friends, please see below a letter from H.E. Charles Sheehan, Ambassador of Ireland, with a call to compile a...

The Embassy of Ireland to the Czech Republic, based in Prague, is seeking to recruit a Research Assistant. The Research Assistant will...

Dear members and friends, Bord Bia are looking to fill a position in our neck of the woods. If anybody knows of a suitable candidate, or wants to give it a shot, here the details: https://www.bordbia.ie/corporate/careers/Pages/Careers.aspx