Avendra Selects Cintas Corporation as a Preferred Vendor of Full-Service Fire Protection Solutions for Hotels
January 19 2012 - 10:19AM
Business Wire
Cintas Corporation (NASDAQ: CTAS) today announced an agreement
with Avendra, the hospitality industry’s leading procurement
services company, as the preferred supplier of full-service fire
protection and life safety services. Under the agreement, Cintas
products and services will be offered to Avendra’s nearly 5,000
customers located throughout North America.
“We are thrilled to extend our business partnership with Avendra
to now include fire protection services,” said Todd McKeown, Vice
President of Hospitality at Cintas. “Cintas shares Avendra’s strict
standards for safety, quality and value. We’re confident their
member properties will benefit from our streamlined approach to
fire protection and realize increased efficiencies throughout their
organizations.”
Specializing in full-service fire protection solutions with an
“in-house” feel, Cintas’ offering allows Avendra’s clients,
including management companies and individual properties, to
consolidate their fire protection program to one trusted supplier.
With national coverage through both self-performing locations and a
network of affiliates, Cintas has the scope to help hoteliers
simplify their fire protection programs, freeing up their time to
focus on what they do best—providing tremendous guest
experiences.
“We are delighted to welcome Cintas as the preferred supplier
for fire protection services,” said George Pfeiffer, Vice President
of Strategic Contracting at Avendra. “We partnered with Cintas due
to their excellent reputation of quality, reliable customer service
and ability to assist our member properties with simplifying their
fire protection solutions in a cost-effective manner.”
Cintas Fire Protection Solutions includes routine inspection,
testing, installation and maintenance of fire extinguishers,
emergency lights, exit signs, kitchen suppression systems,
sprinkler systems and alarms. In addition, Cintas offers fire
protection training and directly handles communication with Fire
Marshals and local authorities having jurisdiction (AHJs) to
resolve issues immediately and expertly, particularly regarding the
handling of Notice of Violations (NOVs).
Fire protection is the newest solution in which Cintas and
Avendra have partnered. It joins Cintas’ previously negotiated
hospitality solutions such as uniform services (including both
purchase and rental options), tile & carpet deep cleaning,
floor mat rental, A/C coil cleaning and document shredding and
storage solutions.
For additional information and a full overview on Fire
Protection Solutions from Cintas, visit
www.cintas.com/lodgingfiresolutions.
For more information about Avendra, visit www.avendra.com.
About Cintas:
Headquartered in Cincinnati, Cintas Corporation provides highly
specialized services to businesses of all types primarily
throughout North America. Cintas designs, manufactures and
implements corporate identity uniform programs, and provides
entrance mats, restroom supplies, promotional products, first aid,
safety, fire protection products and services and document
management services for approximately 900,000 businesses. Cintas is
a publicly held company traded over the Nasdaq Global Select Market
under the symbol CTAS, and is a component of the Standard &
Poor’s 500 Index.
About Avendra:
Avendra is North America’s leading procurement services company
serving hospitality-related industries. Avendra customers gain
access to contracts leveraging $3 billion of annual purchases,
expert advisory services and in-depth purchasing data and analysis.
Through Avendra, customers obtain substantial savings on their
purchases and other value added services to improve their
operations and bottom line results. Formed in 2001, the company is
headquartered in Rockville, MD and has regional offices throughout
the United States and Canada. For more information, please call
toll free, (866) AVENDRA, visit http://www.avendra.com, or email
inquiries to info(at)avendra(dot)com.
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