Exhibitors and hotel prices down for CES 2009

 

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Posted on 21 Nov 2008 at 17:43

This year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has become the latest victim of the credit crunch, with a glut of high-profile companies declining to take stands at the show.

Yahoo, Seagate, Logitech, Belkin and Philips are among the regular exhibitors that won't be taking floor space at the show next January.

Cisco, which was also due to make its debut at the show this year, has scrapped plans to exhibit on the showfloor, according to a report on Cnet.

The show still promises to be the tech showcase of the year, however, with Microsoft, Sony and Samsung among the companies expected to be making big announcements at the 2009 event.

There's good news for visitors, too, with Las Vegas hotels rapidly slashing room rates for the new-year event. Hotels have traditionally used CES as an excuse to hike up their charges, but an email sent to PC Pro this morning revealed that some of the Strip's biggest hotels are discounting heavily.

The Luxor has reduced its peak rate from $235 to $185, the Mandalay Bay is down from $314 to $229 during the show and the Trump Tower has suites reduced from $365 to $150.

PC Pro will have a team of reporters on the showfloor this year, so keep an eye on this site in the first week of January for all the news from CES 2009.