Undergraduate Studies in Tourism and Hospitality 2023 in Manoa in USA

Building the foundation for a life-long career in management is both a science and an art. Successful travel industry managers have a number of vital and, sometimes divergent, duties, and responsibilities. Each element of the TIM curriculum provides an essential building block for a complete education that is relevant not only to the travel industry but to virtually any service-related enterprise or occupation. The curriculum focuses on developing problem-solving and decision-making techniques and critical-thinking skills which are essential skills for successful managers and leaders in any industry. The hospitality management emphasis is intended to provide students with the ability to apply problem-solving, decision-making techniques, and critical-thinking skills to meet current and future industry challenges. Students will study the relationship of the various constituencies (customer, owner, staff) in the management and operation of hospitality businesses, including lodging and foodservice establishments, as well as event management enterprises. -

This emphasis focuses on strategic issues related to the tourism and transportation industries. Students can take a combination of tourism and transportation-related courses or choose courses that focus on one of these two areas. Tourism management courses cover destination management; travel distribution systems; marketing and management principles within specific types of businesses, geography, and socio-cultural aspects of tourism; and sustainable tourism, cultural heritage, and destination management by cultural values. In transportation management courses, students will gain an understanding of the characteristics and importance of transportation systems (both domestic and international); major transportation modes; government, promotional and regulatory activities in U.S. transportation; the role of transportation in tourism; the transportation systems that impact the economics of both Hawai‘i and the U.S.; supply chain management; and the management of firms in various transportation modes. Course topics include government regulation and promotion, distribution and industry trends; tourist-related transportation systems, surface passenger transportation systems, and air transportation and the cruise business. -