The illness outbreak at the Westgate Hotel has begun to have an effect on next week’s IPCPR Trade Show. Today the company announced it is moving its pre-show events from the Westgate to the adjacent Las Vegas Convention Center. The events being moved are the pre-show seminars, the opening night gala, and the opening breakfast. […]
A mysterious illness has been affecting recent guests and employees associated with the Westgate Hotel and Las Vegas Convention Center – the venue where the IPCPR Trade Show and Convention is scheduled to open on July 13th. The Las Vegas Review-Journal and television station KNTV in Las Vegas report that, according to the Southern Nevada Health […]
For the ninth consecutive year, the Cigar Coop brand will be providing coverage of the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers (IPCPR) Association Trade Show and Convention. We are proud to be a part of a very small group of media to say that. Our four-part series for the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show has you covered whether you […]
On Episode 57 of the Prime Time Show, we get you ready for the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show and Convention – Prime Time Style! Join us as we take you through everything you need to know about this year’s trade show. We’ll cover the major players and take you through many of the companies and […]
On Episode 57 of the Prime Time Show, we get you ready for the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show and Convention – Prime Time Style! Join us as we take you through everything you need to know about this year’s trade show. We’ll cover the major players and take you through many of the […]
One day after taking a big loss in court in the challenge over Warning Label Plans and User Fees, the cigar industry had some good news as they learned that an amendment to the FY 2019 Agriculture Appropriations Bill has been approved that calls for both an exemption for premium cigars as well as a […]
Today, the cigar industry took a crushing blow when United States District Court Judge for the District of Columbia Amit P. Mehta denied a Motion for Partial Summary Injunction filed by the three trade associations (Cigar Association of America – CAA, Cigar Rights of America – CRA, and the International Pipe and Cigar Retailers – […]
Over the past couple of weeks, the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers (IPCPR), Cigar Rights of America (CRA) and Davidoff of Geneva have submitted requests for a 90 day extension of the comment period for the Advanced Notice of Public Rule Making (ANPRM) for Premium Cigars issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration […]
The International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association (IPCPR) will be staying in Las Vegas for its annual trade show and convention until 2020. And following this year, it is returning to a familiar place. Today the trade organization announced it is returning to the Sands Expo & Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas for its […]
The International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association (IPCPR) has announced that it has hired Scott C. Pearce to be its new Executive Director. Concurrently, it has announced it has promoted longtime employee Dawn Conger to Vice President of Operations. These executive hires fill the void left by the departure of IPCPR CEO Mark Pursell this past September. […]
