Registration is open for cigar aficionados. Now in its fifth year, the ProCigar Festival will be held from 19 to 24 February and takes participants on a weeklong tour of the cigar-producing factories in Santiago and La Romana.
Seven leading cigar-producing companies have joined forces as ProCigar and participate in the festival activities. In Santiago the members are: General Cigar Dominicana (Macanudo, La Gloria Cubana and Partagas), Tabadom Holding Inc. (Davidoff and Avo), Manufactura de Tabacos S.A. (Quesada and Fonseca), La Aurora (Guillermo Leon and Aurora), Tabaquisa S.A. (Juan Clemente) and Corporacion Cigar Export (Augusto Reyes). In La Romana, Tabacalera de Garcia Ltd. (Montecristo, Romeo y Julieta and H. Upmann). Cost is US$850 excluding airfare and hotel.