CIGAR
Night
CUBA-HUNGARY
SINCE 1996

CIGAR
Summit
CUBA-HUNGARY
SINCE 1996

1st
to introduce
Cuban brands
As the first cigar retail store and distributor
in Hungary, CigarTower has been the main
driving force behind the Hungarian cigar
culture, introducing the major Cuban brands
in Hungary.

1996
Is the year
Csaba Csetényi & Tibor Krskó founded the
first cigar retail shop in 1996 – it’s still the
largest and most prestigeous cigar store in
Hungary.

252460
Orders served
Since the first year of operation up until
today CigarTower has served more then
250000 customer orders.

580
Free humidors
To support our HORECA clients we placed
out humidors and gave them proper
instructions on how to use them.

1562
Bottles
Teaming up with the distillery that’s voted
the best in Hungary, CigarTower has helped
releasing a limited edition spirit designed for
cigar smokers.

480
Cigar gala guests
We celebrated the good life with 3 cigar
galas, featuring auctions and guests such as
Maurice Hennessy and Raymond Weil.

90
Minutes of
Buena Vista
At the peak of their success, CigarTower
co-presented the original Buena Vista Social
Club in Hungary with an unforgettable live
performance.

100s
of sponzored
Events
CigarTower sponzored hundreds of high-end
events.

1600
Kms of roadshows
We introduced the art of cigar tasting
through our own event series in all the
major cities of the country.

13
Years of lobby
CigarTower has been a pioneer in
government lobby activity against high taxes
and counterfeits.

71488
Kms to Cuba
We organized 8 adventurous trips to Cuba
and the cigar factories for the Hungarian
business elite.

6000
Ratings
Working together with Europe’s most
recognized cigar experts, CigarTower
introduced a rating standard and collected
thousands of ratings from the cigar
community worldwide.

172M
Magazine pages
It was the respect for the cigar culture that
inspired us to start a high-end lifestyle
magazine with cigar related articles and
ratings.

100
Cigar sommeliers
It is important for us to know that our cigars
are handled by professionals even after we
sold them to HORECA units - this is why we
teach the local managers about cigars.

122
Page cigar guide
We released the first Hungarian cigar guide
magazine under the well-known wine and
gastronomy magazine brand Decanter.

1340
Pages of books
We supported several Hungarian cigar books
from start to finish.

8000
Original photos
We produced thousands of original studio
photos about cigars with professional
photographers.

6000 Enthusiasts
worldwide
Our award-winning web-sites formed a
community of thousands of cigar lovers in
Hungary and worldwide.

2003
- Founding a club
The owners of CigarTower were two of the
founders of the First Hungarian Cigar Club in
2003.

4000 Downloads
We developed the first cigar inventory
software that synchronizes on the Internet
and made it available as a free download.

7000
Booth visitors
CigarTower exhibited at major cigar trade
shows including EuroTab and IPCPR.

24000
Cigar consultations
We helped people experiencing cigars
through more then 1000 parties.

21
International
recognitions
CigarTower has proudly represented the
Hungarian cigar culture in the international
press and on the web several times.

156
Nights to remember
While building the foundations of the First
Hungarian Cigar Club, we never thought that
after more then 150 events we’ll still think
that...

...The best is
yet to come
SINCE 1996