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X FESTIVAL DEL HABANO
Start: Monday, 25 February, 2008
End: Friday, 29 February, 2008
Havana’s International Convention Center
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INSCRIPTION FEES
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Inscription A:
1260 USD |
(Full Program)
Includes welcome night, visit to plantations and to Habanos factories, international seminar, distributors night and grand gala night. |
Inscription B:
1160 USD |
(Accompanying Program)
Includes all the activities of the accompanying program. |
Inscription C:
836 USD |
Includes Welcome night, visit to plantations and to Habanos factories, international seminar and distributors night. |
Inscription D:
864 USD |
Includes welcome night, visit to plantations and to Habanos factories and grand gala night. |
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GENL. PROGRAM
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Sunday 24/02
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| 10:00- 16:00 hrs |
Registration at Havana International Conference Centre. |
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Monday 25/02
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| 10:00- 16:00 hrs |
Registration at Havana International Conference Centre. |
| 14:00 hrs |
Opening of the Trade Fair |
| 14:00 hrs |
Preliminary of the Habanosommelier Contest. International Conference Centre (Room 5). |
| 15.30 hrs |
Preliminary of Habanos - Armagnac Trophy. International Conference Centre (Room 6) |
| 19:00 hrs |
Welcome Night: New Products Launching. Karl Marx Theatre / Cocktail: Club Habana. |
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Tuesday 26/02
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07:00- 16.00 hrs
(Pinar del Río) |
Visit to tobacco plantations: San Juan y Martínez tobacco fields |
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Wednesday 27/02
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| 09:00- 12:00 hrs |
Visit to Habanos factories (H. Upmann and La Corona) |
| 12:00- 14.00 hrs |
Lunch. El Bucán Restaurant. |
| 14.00- 14.30 hrs |
Opening of the International Seminar.
Main commercial results of Habanos S.A. in 2007, by Manuel García Morejón, Commercial Vice President of Habanos S.A. (Room 4) |
| 14:30- 15:00 hrs |
Launching of New Products, 2008. (Room 4) |
| 15:00- 15:30hrs |
Famous Cuban artists talk about the Habano (Room 4). |
| 15:30- 16:30 hrs |
Master class: Pairing cocktail drinks with Habanos.
• Taste your own "Mojito" with a Habano (Restaurant El Bucán) |
| 20:00 hrs |
Distributor's Night: Dedicated to the Habanos in German and Swiss market. Hotel Nacional de Cuba. Salón 1930. |
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Thursday 28/02
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| 10:00- 10:30 hrs |
Lecture: "Tobacco oldest story". (Room 4) |
| 10:30-11:00 hrs |
Lecture: "Architecture in Cigar Factories and Warehouses" (Room 4) |
| 11:00- 11:30 hrs |
Coffee Break |
| 11:30- 12:00 hrs |
Lecture: "Woman and her role in the tobacco industry" (Room 4) |
| 12:00- 14:00 hrs |
Lunch: "El Bucan" Restaurant |
| 14:00- 15:00 hrs |
Final Habanos - Armagnac Trophy (Room 4) |
| 15:00- 16:30 hrs |
Master Class: Rolling totally by hand. (Room 3)
Free Night.
Dinner arranged by Internacional Cubana del Tabaco ICT and
PROMOTORA DE CIGARROS, S.L. (Promocigar).
Only by invitation.
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Friday 29/02
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| 10.00- 10:30 hrs |
Lecture: "For he Habano Culture: 15 years" (Room 4) |
| 10:30- 12:00 hrs |
Habanosommelier Final Contest (Room3). |
| 12:00- 13.00 hrs |
Closing Session. (Room 4)
Awards:
1. Best Stand (by category)
2. Habanosommelier contest winner |
| 13:00- hrs |
Final lunch. El Bucán Restaurant. |
20:00- hrs
PABEXPO
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Gala Night: 10th Anniversary of the Habano Festival.
Room C.
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| PROGRAM FOR ACCOMPAYING PERSONS: |
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Sunday 24/02
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| 10:00- 16:00 hrs |
Registration at Havana International Conference Centre. |
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Monday 25/02
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| 09:00 hrs |
Departure from Palco Hotel to Varadero. Visit to La Casa del Habano. Hotel All inclusive.
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| 19:00 hrs |
Welcome Night: New Products Launching. Karl Marx Theatre.
Cocktail: Club Habana |
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Tuesday 26/02
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| 07:00 - 16:00hrs |
Visit to tobacco plantations: San Juan y Martinez tobacco fields. (Pinar del Río) |
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Wednesday 02/27
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| 09:00- 12:00 hrs |
Visit to Habanos factories (H. Upmann and La Corona). |
| 12:00 hrs |
Departure from Palco Hotel (after visiting H. Upmann and La Corona cigar factories).
Visit to Museum of Rum (tasting included).
City Tours (Tour to San Francisco de Asis Square, Old Square, Cathedral Square and Plaza de Armas).
Lunch at Café Taberna and shopping at the craft market. |
| 20:00 hrs |
Distributor's Night: Dedicated to the Habanos in German and Swiss markets. Hotel Nacional de Cuba. Salón 1930. |
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Thursday 02/28
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| 10:00 hrs |
Departure from Palco Hotel for a walk along the Havana coast in ship from Marina Hemingway to the Morro Fortress.
Lunch at the Divina Pastora Restaurant.
Free Night.
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Friday 02/29
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| 10.00- 10:30 hrs |
Lecture: "For the Habano Culture: 15 years" (Room 4) |
| 10:30- 12:00 hrs |
Habanosommelier Final Contest (Room3). |
| 12:00- 13.00 hrs |
Awards:
1. Stand (by category)
2. Habanosommelier contest winner |
| 13:00 hrs |
Final Lunch. Bucán Restaurant. |
| 20:00 hrs |
Gala Night: 10th Anniversary of the Habano Festival. PABEXPO, Room C. |
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Monday 25/02
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| 14:00 hrs |
Opening of the Trade Fair |
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Tuesday 26/02
Thursday 02/28
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| 10:00- 17:00 hrs |
Trade Fair |
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Friday 02/29
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| 10:00 - 12:00 hrs |
Trade Fair
Exhibitors will be allowed to sell their goods to the public at the Trade Fair. They will also be able to carry out promotional activities with the prior coordination with the Organizing Committee.
The design of the exhibiting firms' stands must show its direct or indirect relationship with the cigar products. |
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