★ CES

01Lý do quan trọng

CES sets the industry's agenda in the plainest possible way: what is on the floor in January is what will be sold in the autumn, and what is not is a signal in itself.

02Tuần lễ xung quanh sự kiện

Las Vegas is built for this and still strains under it. Hotel rates across the Strip multiply, and the taxi and ride-hail queues at Harry Reid International and at the Convention Center become the defining experience of the week.

03Thời điểm đến

Arrive Monday if you need the media days, Tuesday morning at the latest.

04Nơi lưu trú

The practical question is proximity to the Convention Center rather than to the Strip's centre. The northern and central Strip resorts — the Wynn and Encore, the Venetian and Palazzo, Resorts World, Westgate — are closest and the first to fill, and the Venetian is itself a show venue.

05Tiếp cận và tiếp đón

CES is a trade show and is not open to the general public. Registration requires proof of professional affiliation with the industry and attendees must be at least 18.

06Nơi diễn ra các hoạt động giao lưu

The show's own social life is the hotel bars and restaurants at the north end of the Strip and inside the Venetian and Wynn complexes, which fill from late afternoon.

07Hướng dẫn di chuyển

08Thông tin thực tiễn

09Lịch sử

The first Consumer Electronics Show was held in New York in June 1967. For decades it ran twice a year, a winter edition in Las Vegas and a summer edition in Chicago, before consolidating on the January show.

10Ai có mặt ở đây

Consumer electronics, semiconductor, appliance and automotive manufacturers and their product teams; retail buyers and distributors; telecommunications and platform companies; advertising and media agencies; venture and corporate investors; startup founders exhibiting through national delegations; regulators; and one of the largest technology press contingents anywhere.