Show of the Week: 2007 Intl. CES
Staff -- Tradeshow Week, 1/8/2007
- Where: Las Vegas (every year) — Las Vegas Convention Center; Sands Expo & Convention Center/Venetian Resort Hotel Casino; Las Vegas Hilton
- When: Jan. 8–11
- Show manager: Consumer Electronics Assn.
- General service contractor: GES Exposition Services
- Who exhibits: Manufacturers and distributors of consumer electronic products
- Who attends: Anybody and everybody involved in consumer electronics
- Position on the 2006 TSW 200: No. 2
- 2006 show statistics: 1,691,633 net sq. ft.; 2,742 exhibiting companies; 96,484 buyers
- New this year: More at the Sands and Venetian, including 200 new exhibitors in a pavilion for high-performance audio and home theaters. Also, all the keynote speakers (Microsoft's Bill Gates, CBS' Leslie Moonves, Disney's Robert Iger and Dell's Michael Dell) will be at the Venetian's Palazzo Ballroom
- The bottom line: All right, every third year Conexpo-CON/AGG moves tons of equipment into Las Vegas and lands the No. 1 spot on the TSW 200. Still, there's no disputing that — with or without a gaming component — Intl. CES is the biggest annual show in the biggest tradeshow town, run by one of the most sophisticated show management groups in the business. The real question is, will it outgrow even Las Vegas? And if so, then what ...?
Source: 2006 TSW 200
