Travel Industry Management Student Association (TIMSA)

About TIMSA

The Travel Industry Management Student Association (TIMSA) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is a club designed for students of all majors who are passionate about the hospitality and travel industries. By creating a distinct network of peers and industry leaders, TIMSA members will be encouraged and driven to pursue their goals and become successful professionals within their careers.

Not only designed for students to network, TIMSA is built upon the foundation of community and giving back. TIMSA is heavily involved in community service and fundraising with the ambition of raising awareness, building relationships, and nurturing the community as well as the industry.

Members are given the opportunity to visit various hospitality and travel enterprises and meet the professionals that run them. Through site inspections and workshops, members gain real-world experience of what it is like to work within their chosen industry.

As the largest club within the School of Travel Industry Management at the Shidler College of Business, TIMSA is an excellent way for new students to gain exposure within the industry.

Mission Statement

The Travel Industry Management Student Association is a student-run organization that encourages professionalism, teamwork, and service to build positive relationships within the TIM School, the community, and the growing hospitality and travel industry in Hawaiʻi.

Past TIMSA Events

  • 2025 Ilima Awards Clean Up
  • DeCANstruction Event with Hawaii Food Bank
  • Europe Spring Trip
  • George Hall Beautification with ESD
  • Big Island Fall Trip
  • Korea Spring Trip
  • Maui Fall Trip
  • Moana Surfrider Site Inspection
  • Network with TIMSA
  • Outrigger Waikīkī Site Inspection
  • Paint and Sip Social
  • Personal Branding Workshop
  • Super Clubs Day
  • The Ritz-Carlton Residences Site Inspection
  • What Employers Really Want? Workshop
  • What's New in Marketing? Workshop

Although the registered organization has members who are university students, the registered organization is independent of the university and does not represent the views of the university. The registered organization is responsible for its own contracts, acts, or omissions.

A large group of Shidler TIMSA students in matching gray-green shirts pose outdoors on grass, holding a green banner that reads “TIMSA,” with mountains, a rainbow, and blue sky in the background.

Connect with TIMSA

A large group of professionally dressed TIMSA members stand indoors, smiling at the camera. In the front row, several hold a green banner that reads TIMSA Travel Industry Management Student Association.