Trade Wings Institute of Management Ltd., popularly known as TIM is one of the leading commercially successful Travel Schools in India with more than 60 centres spread all over India. TIM is an associate of Trade Wings Ltd., which is one of the largest travel related service organisations, having a vast amount of many years experience in all the travel related fields. Trade Wings Ltd. is a part of the Mittal Group of Companies, a concern with varied interests and diversified operations.
 

How did TIM evolve?

As the travel and tourism industry matured into a dynamic one, the necessary infrastructure and professionally trained manpower to move the traffic was lacking. To bridge this gap between demand and supply of trained manpower, Trade Wings Ltd., set up an Institute of Management-TIM during the early nineties. TIM offers formal education programmes to prepare students for careers in travel, tourism and hospitality fields to meet the ever-increasing needs of the industry.
 

What are TIM's aims and objectives?

TIM is committed to provide job oriented training to young, enthusiastic and hard working graduate and post-graduate students. Apart from technical skills, TIM also aims to provide professional skills to students to develop versatility and responsiveness with global perspective to excel in their careers. Hence, we are always on the lookout for better alliance partners, upgradation of Technology and our syllabus regularly.
 

Why Travel & Tourism

The Travel & Tourism industry today has an aura of glamour and excitement around it. It has emerged as the fastest growing industry contributing to 10% of the world's economy, which makes it the single largest industry. There has been great progress in the air transport industry and tourist facilities which has led to the phenomenal growth of tourism. Tourism is becoming one of the major money spinners in the world scenario today, and in fact in some countries, it forms the backbone of the economy. The most significant feature of the tourism industry is the capacity to generate large scale employment opportunities. With economic liberalisation and the open-sky policy, the Travel & Tourism and Hospitality industries are progressing in leaps and bounds, attracting thousands to make a career for themselves in this industry.
 

What courses does TIM offer?

TIM offers programmes in the field of Travel & Tourism, Hotel Management, Cargo & Courier Management and In-flight Management. Nine of our centres are the Authorised Training Centres (ATC) for the IATA-UFTAA Foundation course and our main centre in Mumbai is authorised for the IATA-UFTAA Foundation and Consultant courses apart from IATA-FIATA Cargo Introductory Course. We had the distinction of having enrolled the maximum number of students worldwide for the IATA-UFTAA examination of September 1998. We are always amongst the top 5 institutes to have maximum enrolments worldwide for every IATA-UFTAA exam.

We are active members of various industry associations like TAAI, ASTA and FHRAI. We are represented in the HRD panel of TAAI for standardising travel courses for all TAAI members.

We are also represented in the Syllabus committee of Pune University which prepares Syllabus of Travel & Tourism for its courses.

We also have an exclusive tie-up with SABRE CRS (Marketed by a joint venture of Air India and Indian Airlines under the brand name of SITAR) to conduct training for our students and certification is done jointly by TIM and Air India. Since SABRE is used and marketed by both the national carriers and Jet Airways, it is the most important CRS in India. With it's global alliance with ABACUS CRS, it is controlling over 45% of the Indian market.

We are currently in the final stages of launching an aviation academy in India in collaboration with SITA (Society International De Telecommunications Aeronautique) which is a global organisation to provide all data communication needs of the airline community. In this academy, we are planning to provide On Line Training on reservation management, departure control, automated ticketing & fares, CUTE (Common User Terminal Equipment), etc.
 

How do the courses work?

A great deal of research and preparation has been undertaken to develop courses at TIM. These courses focus not only on directly related subjects, but also allied areas to give students a deeper knowledge of the industry.

Innovative teaching aids like specified and guest lectures, excursions, simulation exercises, case studies, audio-visual shows, group discussions, classroom seminars, extempore debates and field investigation methods are used to provide professional excellence to the students. Classroom training has been made interesting and illustrative by using transparencies to highlight important features. As the students of today are tomorrow's managers, planners and administrators, all efforts are made to sharpen their interpretative and communicative skills and leadership qualities.

Computer Aided training is also given with the help of CD-ROM's, which has multimedia and audio-visual screens to make classroom training more interactive and informative. Compulsory Project work exposes the students to the practicalities of this industry.
 

What about Faculty and Course Material?

Good faculty forms the backbone of any Training Institute. Faculty at TIM are professional with a meritorious track record and with years of hands-on experience in their chosen fields. TIM also invites leading and experienced persons from different sectors of Travel, Hotel and Cargo Industries to ensure the best possible exposure.

Each student who enrols for the course is provided with study material essential for mastering the subject of their choice. This material has been thoroughly researched and structured for content and ease of comprehension.
 

How TIM students have an edge over others?

In today's increasingly competitive and advanced environment, a lot of emphasis is on innovative ability and extra customer delivered value which could differentiate the ordinary from others. TIM's training courses have been designed keeping in mind the industry needs and international standards for individuals who wish to make a career in the Travel & Tourism, Hospitality, Cargo & Courier and In-flight Management fields. All our courses are constantly updated to meet the changing demands and are technology and customer driven, designed to suit the student's time and budget, following the highest standards and recongnised in India and abroad. TIM imparts job-oriented training to young enthusiastic and hard working graduates and post graduates. Apart from technical skills, TIM also aims to provide training in personality development and Communication skills for the overall development of the student which certainly gives an edge over others.
 

What are the employment opportunities available in this industry?

This industry is so fragmented that each sector offers innumerable job opportunities. It is virtually impossible to list and describe all types of jobs available, so given below is a broad outline of the avenues available for a person cooking a career in this industry.

Airlines
Cargo, Courier & Logistics Management
Currency Exchange Bureaus
Travel Agencies
Tour Companies
Hotels, Motels & Resorts
Cruise Companies
Car Rental Companies
Tourism Education
Tourism Research
Travel Journalism
Recreation Tourism
Tourist Offices and Information Centres
Congresses, Convention and Meeting Planners

Others- there are many avenues that do not fit in the general categories such as Club Management, Corporate travel departments, Hotel representative companies, In-flight and Trade Magazines, Trade & Professional association, etc.
 

How does TIM help students in getting jobs?

TIM has an active All India Central Placement Cell to induct their students into the mainstream. On completion of the course, each student is reviewed on various parameters such as intelligence, hardwork, innovativeness and creative thinking and placed accordingly with suitable organisations. Students are also sent for on-the-job training to gain practical experience of the industry.

Many of our students are placed in prominent airlines and travel agencies like Air India, Air Canada, Air France, Air Seychelles, Bangladesh Biman, KLM, Jet Airways, Cambatta Aviation, Delta Airlines, Thomas Cook, UVI Holidays, Cox & Kings, Asiatic Travel Agency, etc.