Barry L. Wallace A $50,000 scholarship endowment has been established in honor of Hawai‘i hotel and hospitality industry leader, Barry Wallace. The scholarship was established by Wallace’s wife, Nancy, to support undergraduate students at the School of Travel Industry Management at the UH Mānoa Shidler College of Business. Wallace, who was the former [...]
Prompted by the reopening of the Hawai‘i tourism industry this week, the alumni associations of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Shidler College of Business and School of Travel Industry Management present a webinar focused on the hotel industry on Tuesday, October 20, 10–11:30 a.m. via Zoom. “Impacts and Forecast of the Hotel Industry” features: Tom Calame, area [...]
The School of Travel Industry Management (TIM School) at the University of Hawai‘i Shidler College of Business received an estate gift, estimated at $850,000, to establish the Eva Kaa Scholarship of Excellence. The endowed scholarship is for full-time undergraduate students pursuing a degree at the TIM School. “I credit my education at the TIM [...]
Uncertain times give way to a new campaign By Dani Douglass Back in January, Alaska Airlines was operating 30 daily flights between four Hawaiian islands and eight West Coast cities, as usual in a typical month, providing passenger service to thousands of kama‘āina and visitors to Hawai‘i. By early April, COVID-19 brought worldwide travel [...]
Textile and apparel company Esquel Group and its Vice Chairman Teresa Yang established a $500,000 Esquel-Yang Family Distinguished Professorship at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa School of Travel Industry Management (TIM School) with matching funds from Jay H. Shidler. The professorship will advance research and academic activities at the TIM School for the benefit [...]
The UH Mānoa School of Travel Industry Management chapter of Eta Sigma Delta (ESD) Honor Society was selected Chapter of Distinction for the 2019-2020 school year from the International Council of Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education. The honor society for hospitality and tourism students was selected one of three top chapters from more than [...]
By Dani Douglass The late Chuck Gee, who served as the longest dean of the School of Travel Industry Management (TIM School) from 1976-99, left his beloved school an estate gift that will ensure that future generations of students are able to pursue an education in the tourism and hospitality industry. TIM alumni, faculty [...]
Tourism is the biggest industry in Hawaiʻi, and the TIM School can be one of the best The Shidler College of Business at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (UH) announced today it is joining forces with the School of Travel Industry Management (TIM School). The change is effective September 1. The TIM School [...]
2018 HLTA Citizen-Scholar Scholarship Award Professor Lenna Shulga presented the HLTA Citizen-Scholar Scholarship, sponsored by the TIM School, to Maile Ibarra of Kaʻū High School on April 25, 2018. The Citizen-Scholar Awards, hosted by the Lodging & Tourism Association, the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education, and Honolulu Star-Advertiser and honors one outstanding senior from [...]
ESD Business Professional Day for TIM Students TIM’s Honor Society, Eta Sigma Delta, hosted Business Professional Day on February 16, 2018 in the Sunset Reference Center. The event was open to all TIM students to learn more about developing their professionalism. Students had the opportunity to visit five stations, which included the following: [...]
