Monthly Archives: September 2022
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Posted: September 22, 2022
Intertabac is the European trade show for all things tobacco related. Similar to the PCA Convention & Trade Show (formally named the IPCPR trade show) in Las Vegas, but not quite as large. For us cigar smokers though, it’s a coming together of most of the brands, suppliers, distributors, and various other members of the cigar business and community. Due to Covid, it’s not been on for 2 years, so you could sense everyone was feeling a bit rusty but excited to get into the swing of it again.
After a shaky journey, which included a delayed flight and going the wrong way on a train, we arrived in Dortmund ready to try and squeeze as much into 2 days at the fare as possible. It takes place at the Messe, which is an enormous exhibition centre, and the whole show occupies 8 of the large halls, two of which are dedicated to all things cigars. The queue to enter was long but the check-in method was so slick, everyone just filters through. The morning was spe