AVN Adult Entertainment Expo Attendance Eclipses 30,000 Mark; Adult Industry's Premier Event Boasts Attendance Gains in All Categories.ENCINO, Calif. -- The 2005 AVN Adult Entertainment Expo The AVN Adult Entertainment Expo (AEE) is a trade show held each January in Las Vegas, Nevada, and is sponsored by the Adult Video News Magazine (AVN). The AVN Awards show is held during the Expo at the nearby The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino. hosted more than 30,000 trade professionals, exhibitors, fans, press, and stars, organizers of the show announced today. The 2005 AVN Adult Entertainment Expo, sponsored by Adult Video News and produced by Home Entertainment Events, took place January 6-9, 2005 at the Sands Expo The Sands Expo and Convention Center, at 1.2 million square feet (110,000 m²), is the second largest convention center in the Las Vegas, Nevada area. It opened in 1990 across the street from the original Sands Hotel. Center in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , Nevada. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. preliminary attendance figures, more than 17,000 fans and 13,000 trade members and industry professionals attended the 2005 AVN Adult Entertainment Expo. Attendance figures for the 2005 Expo were up in all categories in comparison to attendance in 2004. "The AVN Adult Entertainment Expo is--for industry insiders and fans alike--the premier event for the industry," said spokesperson Carrie Dieterich. "Trade attendance was particularly strong due to the trade-only first day. It is remarkable that the fan figures for this year's event exceeded those of last year even though the Expo was not open to the public during the first day, as it was in years past." Attendance was not the only area of growth for the 2005 AVN Adult Entertainment Expo. Overall exhibit sales broke the 300-company mark, a significant increase over the 252 exhibitors that participated at the 2004 Expo. Exhibit space at the industry-only B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business Marketplace was sold out weeks prior to the start of the Expo and the first-ever show-within-a-show GayVN Expo was met with favorable reactions from participating companies. "The adult entertainment industry is undoubtedly driven by its devoted fans," said Paul Fishbein, President of Adult Video News. "But the widening scope of the industry has injected new enthusiasm from entrepreneurs looking to capitalize on rising demand for adult products. This new entrepreneurial energy will foster competition and raise the standards of quality for adult entertainment in what will be a successful and prosperous New Year for the industry." The AVN Adult Entertainment Expo is a unique tradeshow experience. The largest event of its kind, the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo showcases the most comprehensive collection of adult talent, exhibitors, and product, which attracts buyers and fans from around the world. Exhibitors this year included Adam & Eve Productions, Anabolic anabolic pertaining to or arising from anabolism. anabolic steroid steroids with a tissue-building effect. Testosterone is an example of a natural anabolic steroid with the, sometimes undesirable, effect of causing masculinization. Video Productions, Inc., Digital Playground, Inc., Evil Angel Video Productions, Exquisite Multimedia, Hustler Video, Jill Kelly Productions, JM Productions, Legend Video, Metro Interactive LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , New Sensations, Pleasure Productions, Pure Play, Sin City, Smash Pictures, Vivid Entertainment Group, West Coast Productions, Wildlife Video, and Wicked Pictures. For a complete list of exhibitors and events during the Expo, please refer to http://www.adult-expo.com. Also held in conjunction with the event was the GayVN Expo, a designated portion of the show floor devoted to this thriving segment of the adult industry. Cybersocket, Unzipped Video, TLA (Three Letter Acronym) The epitome of acronyms! While two-, four- and five-letter acronyms exist, there are more three-letter acronyms. Obviously, three words to describe a concept or product is the most popular. TLA - Three-Letter Acronym Releasing, and Channel 1 Releasing sponsor the GayVN Expo. Additional information can be found at http://www.gayvnexpo.com. The AVN Adult Entertainment Expo set the stage for the 22nd annual AVN AVN Aviation AVN Avenue AVN Adult Video News AVN Avascular Necrosis AVN Atrioventricular Node AVN Aviation Model (weather forecast model, now Global Forecast System) AVN Air Vanuatu (ICAO code) Awards, which took place on Saturday, January 8. The sold-out event was the most desired ticket in Las Vegas, with Vivid Entertainment Group's "The Masseuse masseuse /mas·seuse/ (-sldbomacz´) [Fr.] a woman who performs massage. " capturing the award for best film and the Vivid/Club Jenna co-production "Bella Loves Jenna" receiving Best Video Feature honors. Awards in dozens of other categories were also presented. A complete list of winners can be found at avn.com. The 2006 AVN Adult Entertainment Expo is scheduled for January 5-8, 2006. The 2006 AVN Awards will take place on Saturday, January 7, 2006. Companies interested in exhibiting may contact Home Entertainment Event's Janet Gibson at jgibson@heeteam.com or by calling 1-800-854-3112, ext. 682. |
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