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COMDEX PacRim goes over 25,000 attendance.


VANCOUVER Vancouver, city, Canada
Vancouver, city (1991 pop. 471,844), SW British Columbia, Canada, on Burrard Inlet of the Strait of Georgia, opposite Vancouver Island and just N of the Wash. border.
, B.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 19, 1995--Heading into its final hours here at the Trade & Convention Centre, the first annual COMDEX/PacRim soared past earlier predictions of 20,000 attendees.

Executives of the sponsoring Interface Group now estimate total attendance for the 3-day event at more than 25,000 computer-communications professionals. Final, official attendance figures will be available later this winter.

COMDEX The former, premier computer trade show in the U.S. Although it grew into an end user event, it was originally created for dealers and distributors (it was the COMputer Dealers EXposition).  founder and Interface Group Chairman Sheldon
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 G. Adelson said that this first COMDEX/PacRim "exceeded all our expectations." The Interface Chairman said that next year's event (January 16-18, 1996) "will be even stronger."

Adelson acknowledged that he and his staff are already consulting with Vancouver and British Columbia British Columbia, province (2001 pop. 3,907,738), 366,255 sq mi (948,600 sq km), including 6,976 sq mi (18,068 sq km) of water surface, W Canada. Geography
 leadership, seeking more exhibit space to accommodate what he referred to as "the inevitable growth of COMDEX/PacRim in this dynamic market."

CONTACT: The Interface Group

Peter B. Young, 604/641-1682

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