One of the leading indicators if an economy or market is turning south is an industry filled with once-prosperous, but now struggling, trade shows and expos. Exhibitor floor space shrivels up, attendance numbers slump, shows even consolidate or disappear altogether.
On the other hand, organizers of the 2017 International Air Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition (AHR Expo), Jan. 30- Feb. 1 in Las Vegas, said on the first day of the show that the AHR Expo would be the largest ever. The event saw nearly 2,000 plumbing and HVACR companies displaying their newest and most advanced products to an international crowd of nearly 70,000 attendees who browsed more than 500,000 square feet of exhibits filling two of the facility’s mammoth exposition halls.