By Laura Hubbard

Check in, explore, find your friends and win at the 2011 CES! Follow the International CES on Foursquare for tips and tricks to get around this year’s show. Check in at five of the 10 official CES venues between Tuesday, January 4 and Sunday, January 9 to earn the official, coveted 2011 CES Foursquare badge.

For the 2011 CES, CEA and Foursquare have teamed up to turn your badge into a chance to win prizes and giveaways. Once you earn your official 2011 CES Foursquare badge, stop by the Experience CEA booth in the LVCC Grand Lobby to get your official 2011 CES Foursquare button (for the first 2,000 visitors). Plus, you’ll be entered in a Grand Prize drawing – two lucky badge holders will win a ‘House Full of Music’ courtesy of Sonos.

Here are the CES Check-In Locations

· 2011 International CES

· 2011 CES Experience CEA, LVCC, Grand Lobby

· 2011 CES, LVCC, North Hall

· 2011 CES, LVCC, Central Hall

· 2011 CES, LVCC, South Hall

· 2011 CES, Las Vegas Hilton

· 2011 CES, High Performance Audio at The Venetian

· 2011 CES Press Day (Wednesday, January 5, 8:00 am – 5:45 p.m. at The Venetian)

· 2011 CES Research Day (Wednesday, January 5, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm LVCC North Hall)

· Official CES Tweetup, Space Quest Bar, Las Vegas Hilton (Friday, January 7, 4:00 – 7:00 pm)

Go beyond the Badge

Ever wished you could leave CES with at least one of the cool products you see on the show floor? Although you can’t buy products on the CES show floor to take home, with your 2011 CES Foursquare badge you can win them for free!  Stop by the following booths and show your badge to unlock the following opportunities:

· Sonos is giving two lucky winners a House Full of Music – with each receiving 4 Sonos ZonePlayers and a Sonos Controller. Enter for your chance to win by showing your 2011 CES badge at the Experience CEA booth. Follow Sonos @Sonos and http://foursquare.com/sonos

· All 2011 CES Badge holders who flash their badge at the Livio Radio booth receive a CES survival item. Follow them @Livioradio and http://foursquare.com/livioradio

· Show your badge at the Sharp booth for the opportunity to enter their daily giveaway. Each day of CES, one lucky badge holder will win either a Sharp soundbar, Blu-ray player, iPod docking station or 32” AQUOS LCD TV. One badge holder will win their grand prize, a 52” AQUOS Quattron LCD TV. Follow them @Sharp_USA.

· The first 200 people to show their 2011 CES Badge at the SanDisk booth will receive a SanDisk slotRadio Card. Follow them @Sandisk.

· Check into the Intel booth and complete a challenge for a chance to win a new Intel Core laptop. Follow Intel on :http://foursquare.com/intel and @intel Snap a photo of your favorite part of the Intel booth and post to Twitter and Foursquare using the hashtags #CES and #VisualLife.