Brian Povinelli, SVP and Global Brand Leader at Westin Hotels and Resorts, discusses the company's initiatives to appeal to business travelers who want to keep up their fitness regimes while traveling.
The company recently partnered with Peloton, where travelers can ride bikes while visiting the hotel. They also equipped their hotel gyms with TRX machines and launched RunWESTIN, which finds local 3- to 5-mile trails around hotels that visitors can experience.
Povinelli discusses food offered at the hotels and overall ways the company taps into the $3.7 trillion dollar wellness movement.
UPS recently announced it would equip delivery trucks with air conditioning. Dr. Douglas Casa, CEO of Korey Stringer Institute at the University of Connecticut, spoke with Cheddar News on the dangers of heat stroke and how workers can keep themselves safe from extreme weather.
The push for clean energy is igniting an interest in electric vehicles but charging EVs continues to be a concern for consumers looking to save. Brian Moody, executive editor with Autotrader, joined Cheddar News to discuss how people can make home-charging more affordable.
Gannett has filed a civil lawsuit against Google and its parent company Alphabet, claiming that they unlawfully hold monopolies in the advertising technology tools that publishers and advertisers use to buy and sell online ad space.
Apple, the tech giant, is trying to trademark images of apples, the fruit. The company has been pursuing the trademark since 2017, and its latest battleground is Switzerland, where its appealing a partial trademark that would only cover black-and-white depictions of Granny Smith apples.
