Hasta La Gadget!

Well, the initial CES attendance estimates are in from the Consumer Electronics Association–the organization behind CES–and it looks to be good news. Despite pre-show estimates suggesting that attendance would drop off from last year, it seems that the show has actually seen a bit of a bump.

The CEA had initially expected last years attendance of 113,085 people to drop to somewhere around 110,000. According to an e-mail sent by the CEA to attendees, At show close, preliminary registration figures indicate more than 120,000 industry professionals attended the 2010 International CES.

There were more than 2,500 companies present at the show, according to the numbers–a decline of 2,700 from the year before. That, certainly, shouldnt come as much of a surprise to those present–the show occupied noticeably less floor space than a year prior, with certainly companies conspicuously absent from the proceedings.

There was, however, a record 330 new exhibitors, according to the CEA. This likely had something to do with a number of newly introduced floor sections, including The iLounge Pavilion and Living in Digital Times.