Despite difficult economic conditions, one of the nation’s biggest events of the year, the CES Show in Vegas, has had its best year yet.
According to the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), CES 2012 was its biggest in 44 years, with over 1.851 million net square feet.
The show, which was held Jan 10-13, boasted more than 3,100 companies exhibiting across seven separate halls and revealing over 20,000 new products.
The show drew a record crowd of more than…… 153,000 attendees, including more than 34,000 international attendees.
“The 2012 CES was the most phenomenal show in our history, generating more energy and excitement across every major industry touching technology than ever before,” said Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of CEA, owner and producer of the International CES. “CES is the change agent, the catalyst, that brings executives from a wide range of industries together and helps them create better ways of doing business together. The breadth and depth of the 2012 CES, which featured more innovative technology products than anywhere else on Earth, is a testament to the dynamic and innovative global consumer technology industry, which will reach $1 trillion globally this year.”
Things are already well underway for CES 2013, although as we reported recently, CES will have to do without Microsoft as its main sponsor and keynote partner in the future. Read Microsoft Ditches CES Show.
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