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.
Haley Sacks, founder and CEO of Finance Is Cool, joined Cheddar News to provide tips on when hiring a financial planner is needed. "They will help you figure out exactly how to maximize your personal situation," she said. "They're going to think about your long-term plans, consider your goals and incorporate all of that into the structure that they create for you."
Scott Wren, senior global market strategist with Wells Fargo Investment Institute, joined Cheddar News to discuss Monday's market trading as earnings continue to trickle in and ahead of a Federal Reserve meeting next week.
The Walt Disney Co. will be laying off several thousand employees this week, a second round of cuts that’s part of a previously announced plan to eliminate 7,000 jobs this year.
Nissan Americas Chair Jeremie Papin spoke with Cheddar News and outlined the company's strategy, specifically its future in the electric vehicle market. "We foresee potentially 40% of our sales in 2030 being EVs," he said.
Restaurant inflation was up 8.8 percent from a year ago in March, according to the latest consumer price index, and customers say they're more carefully considering their culinary spending. Cheddar News correspondent Ashley Mastronardi visited Isabelle's Osteria in midtown Manhattan to ask patrons how the higher prices are impacting their wallets.
