Just-ended InfoComm show attracted nearly 43,000 registered attendees, up about 10 percent from the last time InfoComm was held in Las Vegas, in 2016. The crowd was just a bit less than Orlando 2017, which pulled 44,000.
AVIXA, which runs the show, says InfoComm 2018 visitors hailed from all 50 United States and 108 countries, with 20 percent of attendees from outside the U.S. (like me).
There were 964 exhibitors across 550,000 net square feet of exhibits, demo rooms, and special events space, making it the biggest InfoComm ever. 94 percent of this year’s exhibit space was rebooked for InfoComm 2019, which is also a record, AVIXA says.
I chatted with some companies who weren’t terribly happy with where they ended up – software firms inside LED land, or fixed next to an audio company that liked to demo how LOUD its speakers could be. That’s why you book a year out, if you can.
Next year, June 8-14, the show is back in Orlando, at the Orange County Convention Center. Great facility. Can’t stand the city that time of year. Punishingly hot and humid. Truly crappy taxi services. Limited restaurants, unless you like fast food. Don’t know how people live there.