Las Vegas Sands Corp., the resort and casino company founded by the late Sheldon Adelson, is selling its properties in Las Vegas. This includes the Venetian, Palazzo, and the adjacent Sands Expo and Convention Center. The Sands Expo and Convention Center has hosted five Trade Shows for the IPCPR (now Premium Cigar Association) over the […]
La Gloria Cubana has a new limited edition collection that has started hitting the stores. It’s called Spirit of the Lady and it will be distributed by Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG)’s new subsidiary, Forged Cigar Company. The La Gloria Cubana Spirit of the Lady features a five-country multi-national blend including a Honduran Olancho San Agustin […]
Crowned Heads has announced its 2021 cigar for the Tobacconists’ Association of America (TAA), the Lost Angel TAA Exclusive 2021. The Lost Angel 2021 is described as a prequel to the previous Crowned Heads TAA releases from 2014 to 2019 that were dubbed, The Angel’s Anvil. The story of The Angel’s Anvill centered around a […]
Swisher President John J. Miller will be adding Chief Executive Officer to his title. Today the tobacco giant announced that its Board of Directors has elected Miller to serve as both President and Chief Executive Officer. Miller had been in the President’s role since 2017. Prior to that, he served as Senior Vice President of […]
Drew Estate has begun informing retailers that it will not be attending the Tobacco Plus Expo 2021 scheduled in Las Vegas to open on May 12. The reason given was ongoing safety concerns for its staff in regards to the COVID-19 pandemic. In a letter from Drew Estate CEO Glenn Wolfson to retailers, he stated: “Drew […]
Miami Cigar and Company founder Nestor Miranda‘s favorite size is known to be a lancero, and there is a limited edition offering with his name on it called the Nestor Miranda Private Reserve. The cigar is now heading to retailers nationwide. The cigar features a Dominican Corojo wrapper over Nicaraguan Criollo and a combination of Dominican, […]
Protocol Cigars has announced a new limited release known as the Protocol J Train. The Protocol J Train will be a cigar done in collaboration for the Johnny Smokes Uncut Facebook group. The cigar will be launched on March 13, 2021 and will be sold exclusively through Caravan Cigar Company in Bath, Pennsylvania. The J […]
Amendola Family Cigar Company has announced that Illusione Cigars will now handle its U.S. distribution. “I am grateful every day to my grandparents who arrived in the United States from Italy, penniless, and created a better life for us. Amendola cigars was created in honor of them and my Italian heritage. Together with my business […]
The Cigar Industry Report is a one-stop place to catch up on the activity here at Cigar Coop. It is a combination of the news reports, cigar reviews, and assessment updates we do throughout the week. In addition, each week we will look back at Cigar Coop history. Look for this report every Saturday morning at […]
The Tobacco Plus Expo 21 (TPE 21) will go on as scheduled. Today Tobacco Media Group (TMG), the division of Kretek International which handles the trade show, confirmed that TPE21 will go on as scheduled from May 12-14. The announcement was made through TMG’s media publication, Tobacco Business. TMG has said that as a result […]
