Santo Mining Announces the 1st Cigar Certification Course in China with Collaboration of the Beijing Hospitality Institute

Beijing, China – December 30^th, 2016 -- Santo Mining Corporation also known as Cathay Lifestyle Co., (OTCBB:SANP), (the "Company"), Announces an educational cigar sommelier course designed for graduating Food & Beverage Manager of the hospitality industry in China. The course curriculum is intended to enhance the cigar knowledge of the students in history, cigar regions, manufacturing, maintenance, retail and pairing of cigars, for the Chinese Hospitality Industry.

CEO Mr. Yglesias stated, “Having this cigar tobacco certification is the foundation for the development of the cigar market in China. Our plan is to certify Cigar Sommeliers Educators to replicate this course throughout China’s Hospitality Industry. Empowering F&B managers with this knowledge gives us credibility in the Chinese Hospitality Industry, including brand name recognition for our brands. An educated consumer is a loyal consumer”

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ABOUT BEIJING HOSPITALITY INSTITUTE
Beijing Hospitality Institute (http://english.bhi.edu.cn/), with a population of nearly 4000 students, was established in May 2008 after being approved by the Ministry of Education (MOE), China. BHI joined the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL) certified schools network in 2009 and became the only educational institution with the Academic Certification of EHL in China. Keeping in mind the education philosophy of “Internationalized and application-oriented”, and “Learning for Application” motto, BHI strives to be a university with honesty and integrity, discipline and equality that can achieve recognition of the industry and be the adoration of the students and teachers.
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About SANP: Cathay Lifestyle Group Inc., we are a lifestyle brand integration, marketing, design, development, education and consultant for high value sales channel of luxury lifestyle products in the leisure and entertainment sector. We have a diverse portfolio of licensed brands as well as a wide range of product categories. Our partners include, membership clubs, golf clubs, financial services groups, nightclubs, restaurants, lounges, sports bars, KTV’s, Duty Free Stores, e-commerce channels and direct to consumers B2C across Asia. Our services embody the interests, attitudes, and opinions of an elite group of consumers that embrace a particular culture. Our Lifestyle brands seek to inspire, guide, and motivate people, with the goal of our products contributing to the definition of the consumer's way of life. We operate off the ideology that we must attract and connect people and brands to ultimately spur, set and create new social phenomenon’s.

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