Attendance Down 70% at the Tech Industry's Biggest Gadget Show

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One of the biggest trade conferences in the world wrapped up on Friday, a year after its in-person component was canceled in favor of a digital-only event.

If anything can be said, it's that the Omicron wave convinced a lot of people to wave goodbye to in-person meetings again. Las Vegas' wildly popular Consumer Electronics Show drew 45,000 people last week, a 70% dropoff from the 170,000 who came to the pre-pandemic convention in January 2020. That's not stopping the events industry from projecting a brave face for 2022.

Source Fool.com