For the second year in a row, Habanos S.A. has cancelled its Festival del Habano event. “Habanos, S.A. has been working to celebrate the 23rd Habanos Festival scheduled for February 2022, but we are forced to cancel said celebration due to the new epidemiological situation of the Coronavirus in the world,” commented Habanos S.A. in […]
For the second year in a row, Espinosa Cigars has cancelled the in-person La Zona Palooza due to the COVID-19 pandemic. While the 2021 in-person event is cancelled, Espinosa Cigars will once again have a Virtual La Zona Palooza in its place. The following statement came from company President Erik Espinosa: After an incredible amount […]
Cigars International has announced the cancellation of CIGARfest 2021. The event has been cancelled due to the renewed concerns around the spread COVID-19 virus. Cigars International says tickets purchased will be refunded in full by the end of the month. This is the second year in a row CIGARfest has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 […]
In what could be a foreshadowing of what we will see in the cigar industry for the last 4 1/2 months of 2021, Drew Estate announced it has suspended its in-person events for the remainder of 2021. This includes the cancellation of the 2021 Barn Smoker Season as well as the postponement of the DE25 […]
The 2021 Trade Show season will go on without Southern Draw Cigars. Citing safety concerns around the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and specifically owner Robert Holt‘s own battle with COVID-19, Southern Draw Cigars will be skipping the TPE 2021 and the 2021 PCA Convention and Trade Shows. In a statement on social media, the company said: […]
It turns out the tobacco and alternative tobacco industries will mark the return of conventions to the famed Las Vegas Convention Center. Today, Tobacco Media Group (TMG), the group hosts the Tobacco Plus Expo (TPE) each year, announced that the TPE 21 event will be the first convention to return to the Las Vegas Convention […]
Last month, it was announced that the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services was banning smoking in cigar lounges in order to comply with the state’s mask mandate requirement to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Today Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer refined her previous mask mandate from four weeks earlier to allow the re-opening of smoking in […]
The Premium Cigar Association (PCA) has confirmed that it is moving forward with its plans for its 2021 Trade Show and Convention. The event will take place on the scheduled dates – July 9 – 13th in the scheduled venue, the Sands Expo Center in Las Vegas. Executive Director Scott Pearce was a guest on […]
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 […]
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 […]
