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CTA ‘Realistic’ About Returning CES to Vegas: Shapiro

CES 2022 “looks fantastic,” CTA President Gary Shapiro told Media Institute President Richard Kaplar in a virtual Q&A Tuesday. Kaplar, toward the end of Shapiro’s speech on First Amendment issues (see 2106220049), had asked the CTA chief about the prospects…

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for a successful in-person Las Vegas show in early January and what the association was doing to hold a big gathering safely. “I was going over some of the floor plans this morning,” said Shapiro. CES 2022 is attracting an “incredible number” of global exhibitors, he said, without mentioning the show’s possible health and safety protocols. “But we are realistic. There are pandemic issues we’re dealing with, especially outside the United States.” CTA definitely expects “fewer international people coming” to the physical show, though a “record number” of international visitors are “signing up,” said Shapiro.