Danny Vazquez is back. Today Roma Craft Tobac announced that Vazquez will be joining the company this month as its new sales leader. Vazquez is best known for being the founder of Barocoa Cigar Company. In his new role, Vazquez will pursue an inside sales and client relationship role focusing on enhancing the company’s sales channels and […]
Cigar News: Sir David Tang Passes Away
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Hong Kong businessman Sir David Tang, known to the cigar industry as the founder and chairman of Pacific Cigar Company, has died at age 63. Pacific Cigar Company is the exclusive distributor of Habanos products and the exclusive distributor of Habanos SA products in the Asia Pacific region. The company also offered cigar accessories branded […]
Cigar News: General Cigar Honors Benji Menendez at 2017 IPCPR; Plans Event Series
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While he retired from a day-to-day role at General Cigar Company over three years ago, Benji Menendez is still very much a part of the General Cigar family. At the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show, General Cigar Company held a private reception to honor Menendez for his 60+ years of service in the cigar industry. “Our […]
Cigar News: Hans-Kristian Hoejsgaard and Andreas Schmid Depart Oettinger Davidoff AG
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Oettinger Davidoff AG has announced two major executive changes to its organization. Today the company announced the departure of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Hans Kristian Hoejsgaard and Chairman Andreas Schmid. The Board of Directors has named former Oettinger Davidoff AG COO Beat Hauenstein as its new CEO, and Domenico Scala as its new Chairman. Hoejsgaard had been CEO at Davidoff […]
Cigar News: Robbie Streitz Departs PDR Cigars
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The Robbie Streitz era at PDR Cigars has come to a close. Today Robbie Streitz announced he has resigned as National Sales Manager for PDR Cigars. In an email sent to media and customers, Streitz commented, “Today with a heavy heart I resigned from PDR Cigars USA, effective immediately. Although my time at PDR was […]
Cigar News: General Cigar Company Names José de Castro Vice President of Marketing
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General Cigar has a new Vice President of marketing. The company has announced that José de Castro will join the company and assume the role effective August 1st, 2017. De Castro joins General Cigar with 20 years experience in marketing. Most recently, he held the position of Managing Director at Bertoni Gelato Holdings. Prior to […]
Cigar News: Matt Booth Returns and Teams with Robert Caldwell
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Matt Booth‘s hiatus from the cigar business is over. Today, Cigar Aficionado confirmed news of Matt Booth’s return after a six-month break. Booth’s return is initially focusing on two collaborations with good friend Robert Caldwell. Yesterday, news of a Booth/Caldwell collaboration surfaced as several retailers reported getting shipments of such a cigar. There are two projects in place. The first […]
Cigar News: Corporación Habanos Announces José María López Inchaurbe Replacing de Ercilla as Development VP
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At Corporación Habanos, S.A.’s Shareholders’ Meeting in May, it was announced that José María López Inchaurbe will be replacing Javier Terrés de Ercilla in the position of Development Vice President. Lopez will have responsibility of rolling out new brands and the associated marketing efforts associated with them. José María López Inchaurbe is an agricultural engineer who began working at […]
Cigar News: Drew Estate Reorganizes Sales Department, Selim Hanono Departs
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Drew Estate has announced its intention to significantly restructure its sales organization, at both the inside and field level. The new structure will feature new role definitions and have greater decentralized decision-making which will strengthen Drew Estate’s ability to more efficiently serve the needs of its customers in each channel of distribution in which it competes. As a […]
Cigar News: Industry Veteran Bob Moreno Passes Away
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Bob Moreno, who had a successful management career in sales and marketing for premium cigars and cigar accessories, passed away this Tuesday, June 6, 2017. He was 59 years old. After a successful career at Coca Cola, where he was a National Sales Manager, Bob set his sights on the cigar industry. In 2009, he joined Xikar […]