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The group led by Dominique Gyselinck and Frederic Dechamps is recruiting the former Managing Director of Maori Tabacs, distributor of Cuban cigars in Andorra.   Dominique London announces the appointment of Miquel Angel Palacios i Moliner as Group Operations Manager. “This strategic appointment further strengthens the group’s global management structure and supports its continued expansion across key international markets,” Dominique

The regional marketing director of the Asian group has resigned. He will leave PCC at the end of June.   Norio Hattori, regional marketing director for The Pacific Cigar Company (PCC), will be leaving the exclusive distributor of Cuban cigars in Asia at the end of June, he announced to L’Amateur de Cigare. The French-Japanese executive joined PCC in 2012

The world’s largest factory, hit by US sanctions against Chen Zhi, is operating at 40-45% of its production capacity, according to our sources.   Tabacalera de Garcia (TG), the world’s largest cigar manufacturer located in the Dominican Republic, is currently operating at 40-45% of its capacity and has had to lay off approximately 600 rollers, according to multiple sources. Due

Dominique Gyselinck’s group will open a new shop in the Grand Duchy in the second quarter of 2026. Dominique London announces the upcoming opening of a new boutique in Luxembourg. Including La Casa del Habano Pall Mall in London, which will open on March 25, the Dominique Gyselinck group will then have 33 establishments across seven European countries (Belgium, Switzerland,

The new Cohiba Behike BHK 58 is presented in a commemorative box along with the three other representatives of Habanos S.A.’s most prestigious line. Get your credit card ready!   The first Cohiba Behike BHK 58 cigars will be available from February 3rd at La Casa del Habano franchises in Switzerland, announces Intertabak AG, the distributor of Cuban cigars in

The principality will host its first regional edition “in the coming weeks”.   For the first time since the program’s inception at Habanos S.A., the small principality of Monaco will receive a regional edition. The Ramon Allones Casino RE Monaco 2025 will be launched “in the coming weeks,” announced Philippe Gatti, Director of the Régie monégasque des Tabacs (the local

The cigar celebrates 50 years of the “French” brand. It is available in commemorative boxes of 5 units.   Announced at the 24th Festival del Habano, the Quai d’Orsay Especial d’Orsay (153 mm x 53, sobresalientes) is now available in France, according to Coprova, the exclusive distributor of Cuban cigars. This cigar celebrates the 50th anniversary of the brand, created

The Dominican brand of Marcel Knobel and Henderson Ventura will be marketed by Volutes et Vitoles, a new distribution company active in France.   ADventura Cigars is coming to France. The brand, founded by Marcel Knobel and Henderson Ventura, will be distributed by the company Volutes et Vitoles (V&V), headed by Thibaut de Lencquesaing. ” France has a deep appreciation

For the first time in 8 years, Habanos has created a Regional Edition cigar for the Canadian market. After the 2020 pandemic hit, and combined with the plain packaging laws that took effect in Canada, the idea of a Canadian regional slipped the minds of most. However, to the pleasant surprise of cigar lovers in Canada, Havana House, the Canadian

The price increase “due to increase of global inflation and increasing costs from the suppliers” will take effect on February 1st. The Canadian Habanos distributor Havana House, has sent its retailers the annual notice advising them of a price increase on Cuban cigars.  The notice states that the increases “are due to increase of global inflation and increasing costs from their

The prices published in the Official Journal show an average increase of approximately 5%.   The retail prices of Cuban cigars in France will increase by approximately 5% starting February 1, 2026, according to the price list published on January 13 by French Customs. The Partagas D4, one of the best-selling cigars in France and worldwide, will thus increase from

The Cambodian businessman of Chinese origin has been indicted by US authorities for massive cyber fraud.   Chen Zhi, a shareholder of Habanos SA, who was being prosecuted by US authorities for massive cyber fraud, has been arrested in Cambodia and deported to China. Cambodian authorities “arrested three Chinese nationals, Chen Zhi, Xu Ji Liang, and Shao Ji Hui, and

All tickets for the 26th edition of the Festival del Habano (February 23-27, 2026) have been sold through exclusive distributors.   “Due to the extraordinary demand generated by Cohiba’s 60th anniversary, all tickets have been sold exclusively through the Habanos SA distribution network,” the Havana-based group announced in an email to these distributors two months before the 2026 Festival del

The cigar celebrates 50 years of the brand. The first boxes of 5 cigars are available in the principality.   Announced at the 24th Festival del Habano, the Quai d’Orsay Especial d’Orsay (153 mm x 53 mm, sobresalientes) has been available in Andorra for a few days, Maori Tabacs, the Habanos exclusive distributor in the Pyrenean principality, told L’Amateur. This

Great Wall Cigar GX Lion’s Glory is launched in the Netherlands. This is the first time that premium cigars made in China have been officially imported into Europe.   Great Wall Cigars (GWC), the largest Chinese cigar brand, announces the launch of the GX Lion’s Glory in the Netherlands. The first Chinese cigar officially marketed in Europe, the GWC GX

Is Tabacalera de Garcia, which employs 2,000 people in the Dominican Republic, likely to close due to US sanctions against the Cambodian businessman?   The Dominican Republic’s Tabacalera de Garcia, the world’s largest cigar factory, can no longer sell its cigars in the United States due to sanctions imposed by US authorities against Cambodian businessman Chen Zhi, accused of massive

“The necessary measures are underway to ensure that Chen Zhi is completely removed from our operations,” Tabacalera told AFP.   Cambodian businessman Chen Zhi, a fugitive wanted by US authorities for massive cyber fraud, will be removed from the shareholding of Habanos S.A., Tabacalera told Agence France-Presse (AFP). Habanos S.A. is a joint venture owned equally by the Cuban state

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