Las Vegas Convention Center
The big tech, auto and appliance booths. Demo hosts, lead qualifiers and line managers.
Demo hosts, brand ambassadors, lead qualifiers and suite hostesses for CES 2027. A Las Vegas crew that knows the halls, the suites and the January rush. $85 an hour for every role, no travel costs.
Sources: CTA’s audited CES 2026 figures; LVCC hall data from the LVCVA via our Las Vegas Convention Center guide.
CES is the busiest week of the year for booth staff in Las Vegas, and the best people are booked by November. Purple Exhibits staffs CES exhibitors with local demo hosts, brand ambassadors, booth reps, lead qualifiers and suite hostesses at a flat $85 an hour per person, with no travel costs because our crew lives in Las Vegas. CES 2027 runs January 6–9 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, the Venetian Expo and hotel suites across the Strip. We brief every person on your product before media days, plan relief shifts for four long show days, and keep standby staff for the week. Book by late November; we still take rush bookings with 72 hours’ notice.
| Show dates | January 6–9, 2027 |
|---|---|
| Main venues | Las Vegas Convention Center, Venetian Expo, hotel meeting suites |
| Last edition | About 148,000 attendees and 4,100+ exhibitors (CES 2026, audited) |
| Rate | $85 per hour, per person, every role |
| Travel fees | None. Our CES crew lives in Las Vegas |
| Book by | Late November for the best people · rush 72 hrs |
Pick your booth size, demo stations and extras. See the crew per shift and the cost for the show.
Brands that have booked Purple
CES spreads across Las Vegas. Each part needs a different kind of crew.
The big tech, auto and appliance booths. Demo hosts, lead qualifiers and line managers.
Startups and smaller brands. One or two sharp reps who can pitch in 30 seconds.
Private meetings and press. Hostesses who greet, check names and keep the schedule moving.
Brand events after the floor closes. Hosts, greeters and VIP check-in.
CES spreads across four Convention Center halls, the Venetian Expo and hotel suites. Tap a hall to see how we staff it.
Schematic, not to scale. Hall areas from the LVCVA facility brochure via our LVCC guide; the Venetian Expo is a separate building, so allow extra travel time between them during CES week.
The newest LVCC hall, across the Paradise Bridge, with the tallest ceilings on campus. Big islands and mobility stands build here. It is the longest walk from the main entrance, so we set call times 15 minutes earlier for West Hall crews.
The classic CES floor and the busiest aisles. Popular demos build long lines here, so this is where a line host pays for itself: they keep the queue moving and scan everyone in it.
Large booths with steady business traffic. Put a lead qualifier on every scanner and brief them on your three questions.
The largest hall and the only one on two levels. Tell every staffer the level and section of your booth before day one: the upper level is a different walk and a different elevator.
Four Loop stations under the campus turn a 25-minute walk into a ride of under two minutes, free between campus stations. We use it to move relief staff and runners between halls.
CES puts Eureka Park, its startup area, in Hall G on the Venetian Expo’s lower level. Stands are small and pitches are fast: one or two sharp reps per startup is the right crew.
Private meeting suites run all CES week. A hostess at the door greets guests, checks names against your schedule and keeps meetings on time.
Demo hosts who rehearse, reps who qualify, hosts who keep suites on time. These are the five roles we send to CES.
Hosts who learn your product and run short, sharp demos all day.
Reps who qualify buyers and hand serious leads to your team.
Ambassadors who manage lines at popular demos and scan everyone in them.
Hosts for hotel meeting suites: greeting, check-in and timing.
Qualifiers who tag every scan by role and interest.
Book eight weeks outThe best CES staff go first.
Briefing call and rehearsalTwo weeks out, then on site.
Standby all weekTwo-hour replacement or the shift is free.
Who does what on a CES stand, how many you need and when to book.
| Role | What they do at CES | How many | Book by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Demo host | Runs a two-to-three-minute product demo on repeat and hands interested buyers to your team | One per demo station, plus relief | 6–8 weeks out |
| Line host | Keeps queues at popular demos moving and scans everyone waiting | One per busy demo | 6 weeks out |
| Lead qualifier | Asks your three qualifying questions and tags every scan hot, warm or cold | One to three per booth | 6 weeks out |
| Suite hostess | Greets guests in hotel meeting suites, checks names and keeps time | Two per suite | 4 weeks out |
| Multilingual greeter | Welcomes international visitors in their own language and finds the right person | One per shift | 8 weeks out |
| Brand ambassador | Draws traffic to the booth and trades swag for a badge scan | One or two | 6 weeks out |
What to do, and when, so your crew is sharp on opening morning.
The strongest demo hosts and multilingual staff book first.
Product sheet, three key messages and your lead questions.
We walk the crew through the demo and your scanner app.
Staff arrive for a run-through once the booth is built.
Shifts with relief breaks, a lead per team and standby staff.
Traffic is not the same all week. We change the crew mix to match.
Typical CES crews by booth size at $85 an hour per person. Your quote follows your actual booth.
| Booth | Typical crew per shift | People | Per day | Whole show |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10×10 | 1 demo host and 1 booth rep | 2 | $1,530 | $6,120 |
| 10×20 | 2 demo hosts and 1 lead qualifier | 3 | $2,295 | $9,180 |
| 20×20 | 2 demo hosts, a line host, a lead qualifier and a relief host | 5 | $3,825 | $15,300 |
| 20×40 | 4 demo hosts, a line host, 2 qualifiers, a booth lead and a relief host | 9 | $6,885 | $27,540 |
| 40×40 island and up | 6 demo hosts, 2 line hosts, 3 qualifiers, a booth lead and 2 relief hosts | 14 | $10,710 | $42,840 |
| Hotel meeting suite | 2 suite hostesses | 2 | $1,530 | $6,120 |
9-hour days × 4 show days × $85 per person per hour. No travel, hotel or agency markup.
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A 20×20 booth with two demo stations needs five people per shift: two demo hosts, a line host, a lead qualifier and a relief host. Here is that team from our Las Vegas roster, next to the same team flown in during CES week.
| CES 20×20, four days | Cost |
|---|---|
| Purple local staff | |
| Travel, hotel, per-diem | $0 |
| Your Las Vegas total |
| Typical fly-in agency, same team | Cost |
|---|---|
| Staff hours at $85 | |
| Round-trip flights ~$420 each | |
| Hotel CES week rates · ~$420/night | |
| Per-diem ~$89/day | |
| Fly-in total |
Compared on what actually changes your results and your invoice in CES.
| Purple local crew | Fly-in staffing agency | General temp agency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What you pay per hour | One flat $85, models to reps | Day rate plus travel costs | Cheap, but not booth-trained |
| Travel and hotel | $0. The team lives in Las Vegas | About $420 flight plus $420/night per person | $0 |
| Local knowledge | Halls, transit and shortcuts | Arrives with a map | Depends on the person |
| The Las Vegas edge | Two weeks out, then on site. | Not local | Not specialised |
| Trained on your product | Briefing call and cheat sheet | Sometimes, for a fee | No |
| Lead capture | Qualifies and tags every scan | Varies | Not part of the job |
| Backup staff | Standby crew in town | Flights don’t happen same day | Unknown |
| Booth build too | One company, one plan | Staff only | Staff only |
Fly-in costs use the same typical Las Vegas rates as the budget above. Other agencies’ pricing varies.
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We’ll email your quote within 24 hours, usually much sooner. Need it now? Call (800) 994-8030.
By then the best CES staff are taken. Lock your crew eight weeks out.
A four-day show wears people out. Plan relief so every demo stays sharp.
Popular demos build long lines. A line host keeps the queue moving and scans everyone in it.
A large share of CES visitors come from abroad. Ask us for multilingual staff.
Meeting suites need a host at the door to greet, check names and keep the schedule.
Call (800) 994-8030 and ask for the CES desk.
$85 an hour per person with a four-hour minimum. Demo hosts, brand ambassadors, booth reps, lead qualifiers and hostesses all cost the same, and there are no flights or hotel nights because our CES crew lives in Las Vegas.
January 6–9, 2027, at the Las Vegas Convention Center, the Venetian Expo and hotel venues across Las Vegas. Media days and booth setup happen in the days before.
Eight weeks out for the best people, so by early to mid November. We take rush bookings with 72 hours’ notice, but the choice is smaller in December.
Most 20×20 booths need four to six people per shift: demo hosts, a line host and a lead qualifier. Use the crew estimator on this page for your booth.
Yes. We brief them on your product, hold a briefing call two weeks out and rehearse on site once the booth is built. Deep technical questions go to your engineers.
Yes. CES draws a large international audience, and we can add staff who speak Spanish, Mandarin, Korean, Japanese, French or German, depending on availability. Ask when you book.
Yes. We send hostesses who greet guests, check names against your schedule and keep meetings on time in your hotel suite.
Yes. Startups usually need one or two sharp reps who can pitch in 30 seconds and capture every lead.
Yes. We send hosts, greeters and door staff for evening events during CES week.
We keep standby staff in Las Vegas all CES week. A briefed replacement is on your stand within two hours, or that shift is free.
No. Purple Exhibits is an independent exhibit and staffing company that works for CES exhibitors. We are not affiliated with the Consumer Technology Association.
Yes. We design, build and install exhibits in Las Vegas and can staff the same booth under one plan.
CES spills out of the halls into suites, dinners and parties across Las Vegas. We staff all of it.
Greeting, check-in and schedule keeping for private meetings.
We send: Hostesses, greetersProduct reveals and media tours.
We send: Product presenters, demo hostsVIP arrival, seating and gift hand-outs.
We send: HostessesGuest lists, door and brand activations.
We send: Brand ambassadors, door hostsA sharp one- or two-person crew for small stands.
We send: Booth repsStaffing by show
Las Vegas and this show
Purple Exhibits is an independent exhibit and staffing company. We staff exhibitors at CES; we are not affiliated with the Consumer Technology Association. Show names belong to their owners.
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