Polish hotelier and home-builder offers rewards to couples who conceive in his properties

Property tycoon Władysław Grochowski has promised to reward couples who conceive in one of his hotels or apartments, in a bid to boost Poland's low birth rate. Mateusz Wlodarczyk/NurPhoto/Getty Images

A Polish hotelier and property developer is offering to throw a party for customers who conceive while staying with them, in a bid to boost his country’s low birth rate .

Władysław Grochowski, who owns one of Poland’s largest hotel and property chains, has pledged to host a free celebration – such as a christening party – for anyone who becomes pregnant during a stay at one of the 23 hotels in his Arche group.

He has also promised to pay a cash bonus of 10,000 zlotys (around $2,750) to any staff or customers who have a child within five years of buying one of the company’s properties