Wholesale Resort Wear for Hotel & Resort Gift Shops

Hotel and resort gift shops carry apparel under constraints no other retailer faces. Your selling floor is often under 400 square feet. Your customer is buying because she forgot something, not because she planned to shop. She is paying resort prices without resort-shopping patience, and she will not come back next week — you get one transaction per guest, sometimes one per stay.

La Moda Clothing has supplied that floor since 2007. We are a Miami-area wholesale resort wear supplier working with hotel and resort gift shops, spa boutiques, cruise retailers and independent boutiques across the United States and the Caribbean.

Why a one-prepack minimum matters more to you than to anyone else

Most apparel wholesalers write 24- and 48-unit minimums per style. On a small gift shop floor that buys you three styles and no ability to react. Our minimum is one prepack per style — 4 or 6 units depending on the style, shown on every product page. A 30-unit opening order can carry five or six distinct looks instead of one, and you can reorder the style that actually sold instead of guessing again next season.

What sells in a hotel gift shop

Ranked by how our hotel accounts actually reorder:

1. Swim cover-ups and kaftans — the forgotten-item purchase. One-size or S–XL, packs light, hangs in almost no linear feet, and works on the widest possible range of body types. This is the highest-turn category in resort gift retail.
2. Beach and vacation dresses — the “I need something for dinner tonight” purchase. Prints outsell solids roughly two to one in resort settings.
3. Kimonos and tunics — layering pieces that photograph well and work as both poolside and evening wear, which doubles their perceived value.
4. One-piece swimsuits — lower velocity than cover-ups, but a guest who needs one needs it urgently and is not price-sensitive.

Merchandising a small resort floor

• Buy fewer styles, deeper. One prepack each of five styles beats two loose units of fifteen. Guests need to find their size, not admire your range.
• Hang, do not fold. Folded apparel in a gift shop reads as inventory. Hung apparel reads as a boutique and supports a higher price point.
• Front the print. Resort buyers select on print first, silhouette second.
• Keep one look on a mannequin near the entrance and change it weekly. It is the highest-ROI square foot in a gift shop.
• Price with a resort multiple, not keystone. Our prepack structure is built to hold margin at resort pricing.

How buying works

We are a wholesale-only supplier. Pricing is visible after your trade account is approved, which takes one business day with a valid EIN and resale certificate. Goods ship from the Miami area in 1–3 business days — you are not waiting on an import container. Net-30 terms are available to approved accounts after your opening order.

For hotel groups and procurement teams

If you are sourcing for multiple properties, we can build a custom assortment per property — different print stories for a Caribbean resort and a Gulf Coast property, drawn from the same size run so your buying stays simple. Contact us for a line sheet with wholesale, suggested retail and margin columns.

Frequently asked questions

What is the minimum order for a hotel gift shop?

One prepack per style. Prepacks are 4 or 6 units depending on the style, and the exact pack size is shown on every product page. There is no requirement to buy a full size run of every style, so a small gift shop floor can carry five or six distinct looks in a single opening order.

Do you offer Net-30 terms to hotel properties?

Yes. Net-30 is available to approved accounts after the opening order. Your first order is placed on card or wire while credit is reviewed.

How fast can you ship?

Goods are in stock in the Miami area and leave the warehouse in 1–3 business days, with 2–6 business days in transit within the continental US.

Can you ship to Caribbean properties?

Yes. We ship throughout the Caribbean and work with properties on customs documentation. Contact us for freight options to your island.

Can we get different assortments for different properties?

Yes. We build custom assortments by property so a Caribbean resort and a Gulf Coast property can carry different print stories from the same size run.

Open a wholesale account

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Questions? Call 754-888-9132, Monday to Friday 10am–5pm ET.

Not a hotel buyer? If you are an individual shopper looking for a single piece rather than a wholesale order, our retail brand Club Moda sells the same designs by the piece.