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Welcome sign at the Las Vegas airport!

Here we meet again, CES, the world’s largest show in consumer electronics land.

I just arrived in sunny Las Vegas before a stop in freezing Salt Lake City. Mark will get there later.

Surprisingly, traffic is quite fluid on Las Vegas boulevard, and there seems to be no waiting at the taxis line!

Good news, as I’ll be just in time to hear the analysts of the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) – the organiser of the CES show – on their view of the global consumer electronics industry for 2010 and beyond.

All the events today are held at the Venetian hotel, as well as most press conferences tomorrow. We won’t head to the show at the convention centre until Thursday, Jan 7th, when it actually opens.

However, here are some early statistiques on the show shared by the organisers:

1. CEA expects 2,500+ exhibitors this year, versus over 2,700 in 2009;
2. And approximately 110,000 visitors, down a bit from the 113,000 a year ago;
3. The show is also slightly smaller with 1.4 million square feet, versus 1.7 last year;
4. But there’s seem to be as many press and analysts, about 5,000!

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