It’s absolutely asinine to hold a major tradeshow one week after New Years. It seems like the best time to show off the next year’s upcoming consumer electronics gear would be in July or August, during the lead-up to the next holiday season, rather than two weeks following the close of the previous one.
I’m sure that the convention gets a smokin’ deal for the LVCC and Sands at the nadir for tourism in Vegas for the year, but when you bring a show as large as CES to town, you should be able to negotiate a good deal any time of the year.
This year, we close our March issue the week of CES, so I’m just flying up for one day. As a result, I won’t have time to take vendor meetings at all or even spend any time walking the floor.
Please, let’s have the massive industry-wide tradeshows in the summer. If you’re worried that the CES kids will miss out on the porn convention at the Riveria, then don’t–they’ll follow suit. They don’t call Vegas Sin City for nothing.
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