Cigarro Dominicano, InterTabac 2023, Video Oficial InterTabac Oficial 2023

INTERTABAC E INTERSUPPLY RECUPERAN EL NIVEL ANTERIOR AL COVID

FUERTE PRESENCIA NACIONAL E INTERNACIONAL Y ALTOS NIVELES DE SATISFACCIÓN ENTRE EXPOSITORES Y VISITANTES PROFESIONALES EN LAS PRINCIPALES FERIAS MUNDIALES

Fotos: Medios Pigat – CIGARRO DOMINICANO-

INTERTABAC & INTERSUPPLY BUILD BACK TO PRE-COVID LEVEL
Strong national and international presence and high satisfaction levels among exhibitors and trade visitors at the global flagship trade shows

Photos: Medios Pigat – CIGARRO DOMINICANO-

From across Germany and well beyond, industry representatives, top decision-makers at specialist tobacco retailers, wholesalers, general retailers and service businesses, and chief buyers and central purchasing staff from food retailers convened again at Messe Dortmund between 14 and 16 September 2023 under the banner 'Together for Tomorrow'.
InterTabac, the world's largest trade show for tobacco products and smoking accessories, and InterSupply, the international trade show for the manufacturing processes behind tobacco products, e-cigarettes, pipes and hookahs, returned in strength this year, re-gaining their pre-Covid levels. An extensive programme featuring a mix of talks, discussion panels and accompanying events provided an extended overview of the latest topics, challenges, trends and innovations.

Over 680 exhibitors across 10 exhibition halls
This year's twin shows attracted over 680 exhibitors from a total of 60 nations. Halls 4, 5 and 7 concentrated on the latest in the classic segment, including hand-picked cigars from family-run hand-made production facilities as well as limited editions, high-quality designs for pipe lovers, cigarettes, pipe tobacco and fine cut. “Once again, numerous visitors from the traditional retail sector took the opportunity to network with each other and gather new ideas for presenting their ranges,” said Sabine Loos, chief show organizer and Managing Director of Westfalenhallen Unternehmensgruppe.

Next-generation products (NGPs) were again high-profile in several of the halls. NGPs, which recent industry reports show to be growing steadily in popularity, include heat-not-burn products, everything related to vaping, e-cigarettes and e-liquids as well as potentially risk-reduced products (PRRPs), snus and cannabidiol (CBD). Over 150 exhibitors specializing either entirely or at least partially in this segment presented their new products and offerings to the trade public at the venue.

Exhibitor and visitor satisfaction up once more
In fact, over 94% of InterTabac exhibitors were already able to say they want to take part in the show again. The amazing figure is yet another improvement on 2019 and 2022. Businesses' satisfaction with their attendance at InterSupply was also up this year, with nearly 92% of exhibitors already making plans to come back next time. Trade visitors to the twin shows also expressed highly favourable opinions, with around 92% – three per cent more than last year – wanting to return next year.

Supporting programme a real winner with top-class content
Offerings in the classic segment included popular events such as the Cigar Pairings and Cigar Blending where people could smoke, try products out and even create their own on all three days of the show. The pairings – which featured a spirits selection provided by premium spirits and Mexican food supplier Sierra Madre – combined international premium rum brands and premium cigars to create stimulating taste sensations. London/Bruges Conference Room at Messe Dortmund's North Entrance were the place for interesting expositions held by different associations

Twin shows welcome new partners and associations
The significance of InterTabac and InterSupply is of course also underscored by the diversity of associations and partners involved, who once again contributed to the success of this year's shows. The German Shisha Tobacco Association was involved as a partner for the first time, providing expert assistance on the programme in the shisha topic zone. This year, InterSupply succeeded in acquiring the International Tobacco Growers' Association (ITGA) as a new support organization as well as entering into a new partnership with the Cigar Smoking World Championship (CSWC).

“The international participants, the presence of the industry associations and the broad partnership network all show that the Dortmund shows were once again the one-stop shop for the entire tobacco industry in 2023,” concluded Sabine Loos.