The event, sponsored by the Food Industry Ministry, will bring together businesspeople, producers, distributors and rum aficionados from all over the world.

According to experts, a new variety of Cuban rum that will soon hit the international market will be presented within the framework of the festival.

The program of the event, which will be an excellent opportunity for participants to hold business negotiations, close commercial deals and exchange experiences, will consist of a Commercial Fair and visits to sugarcane fields and sugar factories.

Other activities are master lectures, including one entitled "Exclusiveness of Cuban Rum". Alberto Francis, from Tecnoazucar, will lecture on alcohol production from sugarcane molasses.

By: Dtcuba