Bug hits CES

Author: EIS Release Date: Jan 6, 2022

Omicron is hitting CES with a number of tech companies pulling out of having a physical presence at the show which runs January 5-8 in Las Vegas..

 

Microsoft, Google/Alphabet and its self-driving unit Waymo, Facebook/Meta, T-Mobile, Pinterest, Twitter, Lenovo, General Motors, Intel, At&T and Amazon have all said they will not have a physical presence at the show but will participate virtually.

 

The companies mostly cite enployee welfare are the readon for pulling out.

 

Organisers the Consumer Technology Association say that over 2,200 companies will have a physical presence at the show and that cancellations constitute less than 7% of the exhibition’s floor-space.

 

The CTA says it has had 42 cancellations but took 60 new bookings in the week before Christmas.