Havana, Feb 27 (Prensa Latina) Premium cigars from Hoyo de Monterrey and H.Upmann are the main attractions at the Tenth Havana Cigar Festival, attended by more than 1,000 delegates from 50 countries.

The event, which opened on Monday and will close on Friday at Havana's PABEXPO, has brought together experts and cigar aficionados from all over the world.

Among Hoyo de Monterrey's offers are the Epicure Especial, Magnum 50, and Magnum 46.

Other novelties that will be presented at Havana's Convention Center on Wednesday are Cohiba Siglo I in five-cigar boxes, which will complete the line Los Siglos de Cohiba (I-VI), launched in 1992.

Partagas will launch Serie D No.4 in ten-cigar SBN boxes, and Serie P No.2, in addition to the Corona Senior.

Bolivar will present the Royal Coronas and Punch will launch the Punch Punch, the most relevant vitola of that brand.

The 2008 Limited Editions will be dedicated to Montecristo and Partagas, and will include Cuaba for the first time this year. The novelties will be Montecristo Sublimes, Partagas D No.5 and Cuaba Piramide.

Romeo y Julieta will present its Humidor Antiguo, which contains 250 cigars, and Coleccion Habano Cohiba with the vitola Sublimes Extras.

In addition, 15 regular vitolas dedicated to Spain, Asia-Pacific, France, the United Arab Emirates, the Middle East, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Portugal, Switzerland, the Caribbean and the Adriatic, will be presented.

A selection of small vitolas such as Montecristo Pettit Edmundo, Romeo y Julieta Short Churchill and Hoyo de Monterrey Short Churchill will also be presented for Duty Free and Travel Retail.