Partagas Habanos, Anniversary in Havana

Cuban cigar aficionados will celebrate in Havana, Cuba, 165 Anniversary of Habanos Partagás Some 400 Cuban cigar aficionados from Europe, Asia and America will celebrate the anniversary in Havana 165, the famous factory in the twentieth meeting of clients and friends of the Casa del Habano Partagas Cuban cigar aficionados, mostly from Italy, Spain, France, Canada, United States, Latin America and the Caribbean, will meet again in Havana to celebrate this time the 165 anniversary of the brand and Partagas factory, and the Twentieth Meeting clients and friends of the Casa del Habano Partagas. The celebration again convened and organized by the flagship retail store, located next to the entrance of the Royal Partagas factory, on the doorstep of Old Havana, will be held from 15 to 19 next. About 400 people who include businessmen, traders, collectors, artists, editors and journalists, are expected to attend this meeting, whose agenda includes the traditional welcome and farewell gala important centers of the capital, including tasted activities at countryside, beaches and other attractive locations. In Opening as well as in other meetings, participants will taste special cigars made for the occasion by renowned torcedora Leopoldina Gutiérrez (China), with typical dishes from Cuban traditional and international cuisine with Mojito's cocktails made with the also famous Cuban rum. The Hall of Ambassadors in Habana Libre Tryp Hotel, in the heart of Vedado, has been chosen, as in the last two occasions, for Closing Ceremony. There also will be, articles donated by people who come to the meeting, humidors, photographs and sculptures of Cuban artists, along with smoking accessories which will be part of  a raffle during the day and, as always, results of it will be donate by organizers to health programs in the country. The directive of this celebration stressed that this is a very fruitful exchange and similar events are held regularly since the start of the House in 1993. Expósito became in 2000 the first Cuban to be awarded with the Cigar of the Year by the International Panel Habanos SA- award that since 1995 has been given by the most prominent merchants of the best snuff in the world-, recalled, that during the XIX Meeting "was surpassed the quarter million dollars, through the lottery, and with this amount we have contributed to our health care system." For this occasion, the company Habanos SA together with the Partagas factory prepared 165 special humidors, listed with an exclusive production, including cigars Partagas Partagas 109 and Sublime, which have been developed for very specific moments or regional markets, which have only gone before with great success in brands Montecristo and Cohiba. Also at this meeting will be offered other special cases and humidors that the Casa del Habano Partagas drawn up in conjunction with the Cuban Fund of Cultural Assets of Pinar del Rio made two outstanding craftsmen - and Humidif experts from Spain, "so we expect sales to be higher than previous years, "said Exposito. The manager of the Partagas Casa stressed that its establishment, the company belonging to Caracol, is in a good time after receiving the title of this group National Vanguard approved by the National Union of Workers in Hotels and Tourism, "which makes us feel very happy and committed to achieving greater efforts. " He noted that in other countries in Europe, Asia and America, are also celebrating the anniversary of Partagas, organized by the Club of smoking, these clubs in Italy will prepare the V Meeting of Friends of the Casa Partagas, from 24 to 28 this month, "right time, said Abel, to disclose everything about our meeting now in November." Also, as a post-event, participants will be offered a visit to Pinar del Rio, land of the best snuff in the world, from the interest of the managers of the Branch Caracol in this western province, "who wanted to join the big celebration Anniversaries and we will give them all our best support. " Located behind the Capitol, the Casa del Habano is not only the most visited daily by hundreds of tourists, but also recorded higher sales of cigars in Cuba, with more than $ 45 million entered into the national economy since its founding in 1991.