Voxx Urges Dealers to Attend SEMA, ‘Start to Get Back to Normal’
If COVID-19 forces major exhibitors to flee the SEMA 2021 automotive and mobile electronics show Nov. 2-6 at the Las Vegas Convention Center as at last month’s CEDIA Expo in Indianapolis (see 2108310057), don’t count Voxx among them, the vendor…
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“reassured” its dealer base Thursday. The past 18 months “have proved challenging for everyone, but we have all persevered and found creative ways to conduct our daily business,” said Senior Vice President Aron Demers. Voxx plans to debut “two years of innovations” at the LVCC since last appearing at an in-person trade event, and “feels it is more important than ever to show our continued support for the show and our customers attending,” he said. Voxx is taking “extra precautions” to safeguard the health and safety of its dealers and employees, he said. “We want to encourage all of our dealers to continue to support the show, come meet with us in our booth, and start to get back to normal.” Voxx didn’t respond to questions Friday about the extra precautions Demers referred to or what provoked him to speak out. Clark County, Nevada, authorities require masks at all indoor public gatherings, said the SEMA 2021 website Friday. “Currently there is no requirement to show proof of vaccination, or a negative COVID-19 test,” to enter the LVCC, “and there is no indication these measures would be in place in November,” it said. CES 2022 at the LVCC follows the event by two months, and will require anyone entering the facility to show proof of full vaccination, defined as a second dose of the Pfizer or Moderna or a single Johnson & Johnson dose at least 14 days before the event. CTA says it’s monitoring Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance on boosters but isn’t requiring them.