A Perfect‑Fit Partnership: Design Collective & Avendra
A perfect-fit partnership,
twenty-five years in the making
For 25 years, Cintas has been a trusted partner to Avendra International, supporting thousands of hospitality properties every year with bespoke apparel solutions, managed uniform programs, and a full suite of services for operational readiness — all through one relationship built for businesses in hospitality.
What a perfect-fit partner looks like
Leaders from Avendra and Design Collective sit down to discuss what 25 years of working together actually looks like — and why it matters for the thousands of hospitality properties they serve.
Designed for the
realities of hospitality
Operating a hotel or resort means managing hundreds of small details that shape the guest experience
From the appearance of front-of-house teams to the safety systems operating behind the scenes.
Apparel, floor mats, first aid supplies, hygiene products, fire protection services and maintenance — every part plays a role in keeping a five-star property running smoothly.
For many properties, managing these needs across multiple vendors creates unnecessary complexity. Coordination increases, standards vary, and supplier relationships become difficult to scale across a portfolio.
There are so many different areas within a hotel that Cintas can touch that makes them an ideal partner for our clients.
Heather Altieri — Avendra International
Vice President, Account Management
Avendra simplifies that equation. By aggregating purchasing power and trusted supplier relationships on behalf of its member properties, Avendra helps hospitality leaders access reliable solutions across essential operational categories.
But that model depends on partners who can deliver more than a single product line. It requires organizations capable of supporting multiple dimensions of property operations through one relationship.
For more than two decades, Cintas has been a perfect-fit partner for properties who must keep up with the pace that hospitality demands.
One partner. Many solutions.
The strength of this longstanding partnership lies in its breadth
For properties managing complex operations, this partnership helps streamline and simplify vendor coordination while maintaining consistent standards across departments, roles and properties.
Within this full suite of solutions, Design Collective by Cintas brings a specialized focus on apparel — leveraging fashion-led design capabilities to deliver the boutique-inspired looks that guests expect, while delivering the scale and operational reliability that leaders need to ensure consistency across their portfolio.
Programs are curated in close collaboration with each property, shaped by its service environment, the guest experience it aims to deliver, and the day-to-day demands of every role, from front of house to back of house.
Solutions range from fully custom designs to signature looks curated from extensive ready-to-wear collections, giving organizations flexibility to build apparel programs that balance brand expression, operational performance and clothing that teams actually want to wear.
When I visit a property and see the relationships that we have, they speak to how long they’ve kept some of their pieces of apparel because of the quality that it delivers.
Carrie Stokes — Design Collective
Vice President, Hospitality & Gaming
Apparel as brand experience
In hospitality, apparel is more than just uniforms. It’s part of the brand guests encounter every stay
Design Collective approaches apparel programs with that perspective in mind. The team collaborates with hospitality leaders throughout the process, providing apparel that not only perform in demanding environments but also reinforce the tone and personality of the property.
Strategic brand partnerships with Chef Works® and Carhartt® broaden the assortment with industry-leading names employees already know — brands associated with the performance and durability their roles demand, day after day.
Our design team’s talents are fully complementary to our clients. They are able to pull from a variety of our apparel solutions, everything from fully customized apparel to ready-to-wear.
Jenn Laydon — Design Collective
Apparel Specialist, National Accounts
Bringing the possibilities to life
At Avendra’s 25th Anniversary celebration, Design Collective showcased this breadth of capabilities through a hospitality-focused fashion show highlighting apparel across operational roles — from front-of-house to back-of-house.
The event offers a first-hand look at what a perfect-fit partnership looks like when style, function and operational scale come together.
Solutions across the Avendra network
Across the Avendra network, many properties rely on multiple Cintas service lines to support their operations. The figures below reflect active property-level relationships across Cintas divisions.
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