NewsWhore
02-02-2011, 03:10 PM
Join over 300 aficionados from the US, Asia, Europe and the Americas coming for the Procigar Festival 2011. The annual event is organized by the Association of Cigar Producers of the Dominican Republic. This year it will be held in La Romana and Santiago from 6-11 February.
The festival kicks off with a first event in Casa de Campo, La Romana with tours to the Tabacalera de Garcia factory, the largest for handmade cigars, a golf tournament, visits to beaches and tours to nearby sites. Next it moves north to Santiago de los Caballeros, for visits to the La Aurora, Matasa, Davidoff and General Cigar factories.
There will be time for merengue classes, cigar workshops, a tour of the north coast on board a catamaran and a visit to the Brugal rum factory.
Upon their return to Santo Domingo, participants will be able to tour the Presidente Beer factory.
Eng. Hendrik Kelner, president of Procigar, highlighted the cigar industry's importance to the Dominican economy and described how the country has become the world's leading exporter of premium cigars, which in itself is a tourist attraction.
As part of the event, a benefit will be held to contribute to the Voluntariado de Jesus con los Ninos and the San Vicente de Paul Hospice. The Procigar Festival is a world event, with the visit of 30 international media representatives last year to cover the event.
Brands that are backing the event include Partagas, H. Upmann, Macanudo, Zino, Leon Jimenes, Romeo y Julieta, Fonseca, Avo, Juan Clemente, La Aurora, Griffin's, Montecristo, El Credito, Don Diego and Davidoff.
For more on upcoming events, see www.dr1.com/calendar (http://www.dr1.com/calendar)
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#10)
The festival kicks off with a first event in Casa de Campo, La Romana with tours to the Tabacalera de Garcia factory, the largest for handmade cigars, a golf tournament, visits to beaches and tours to nearby sites. Next it moves north to Santiago de los Caballeros, for visits to the La Aurora, Matasa, Davidoff and General Cigar factories.
There will be time for merengue classes, cigar workshops, a tour of the north coast on board a catamaran and a visit to the Brugal rum factory.
Upon their return to Santo Domingo, participants will be able to tour the Presidente Beer factory.
Eng. Hendrik Kelner, president of Procigar, highlighted the cigar industry's importance to the Dominican economy and described how the country has become the world's leading exporter of premium cigars, which in itself is a tourist attraction.
As part of the event, a benefit will be held to contribute to the Voluntariado de Jesus con los Ninos and the San Vicente de Paul Hospice. The Procigar Festival is a world event, with the visit of 30 international media representatives last year to cover the event.
Brands that are backing the event include Partagas, H. Upmann, Macanudo, Zino, Leon Jimenes, Romeo y Julieta, Fonseca, Avo, Juan Clemente, La Aurora, Griffin's, Montecristo, El Credito, Don Diego and Davidoff.
For more on upcoming events, see www.dr1.com/calendar (http://www.dr1.com/calendar)
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#10)