The Institute

Way back in 1989, Trade-wings Limited, one of the pioneers in the field of Travel and Tourism industry, had conceived the idea of conducting professional courses in the field of Travel, Tourism & Hospitality. This idea took shape in the form of an institute of Management and established formal educational programs to prepare students for careers in the Travel, Tourism, Cargo & Hospitality fields to create professionally trained manpower to meet the ever increasing needs of the industry. This institute, termed as “Trade-wings Institute of Management”, went on to become the largest institute of its kind in India with over 60 learning centers and popularly came to be known as TIM, in the student’s community.

TIM received a boost with IATA / UFTAA authorization which came in 1993 for its showcase center at Kalaghoda, Mumbai. TIM was well received by the Travel, Tourism & Hospitality industry and many of its students were employed in various areas of the industry, not only in India but even in Middle East, North America, Europe & Far East. Today, Over 50,000 of TIM students are working for various Travel Agencies, Tour Operators, Airlines, Hotels, Airline Revenue Accounting companies and Tourism organizations all over India and worldwide. TIM has regular interaction with the industry through various forums & associations of the industry in which TIM is well established as an active member. TIM is also helping industry associations like TAAI to standardize the training for Travel Agency staff. TIM has also helped Pune University to design the new Travel & Tourism syllabus for its courses.

Trade-wings Institute of Management is one of the academically progressive and intellectually exciting, National institutions in India, backed by the industry experience of more than six decades. It is the only institute in India, which is part of the group that is operating a large travel agency, a five star hotel & restaurant, cargo & courier operations in over 50 cities in India. 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 best from others. TIM’s training courses have been designed keeping in mind the industry needs and international standards, for individuals, who to make a career in the Travel-Tourism, Hospitality and Cargo-courier industry and are constantly updated to meet the changing demands. All these courses are technology and customer driven, designed to suite the student’s time and budget, following the highest standards and above all recognized by the industry in India and abroad. TIM is committed to provide job-oriented training to young, enthusiastic and hard-working graduates and post graduates students. Apart from technical skills TIM also aims to provide training for personality development and communication skills for the over-all development of the student.