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Students in aloha shirts greet resort guests with flower lei at sunset in an open-air lobby.

Hospitality + Tourism

Hawaiʻi is the classroom.

Students learn by doing — creating products, services and experiences that bring value to Hawaiʻi’s visitors, communities and local businesses, with the island’s hotels, resorts and attractions as their teachers.

Curriculum areas

Every part of the visitor economy.

  • Hotels + resorts
  • Foodservice + restaurants
  • Events
  • Attractions
  • Visitor retail
  • Hotel retail
  • Guest experience
  • Revenue + pricing
  • Purchasing + supply chain
  • Catering
  • Tourism marketing
  • Event production
Students string plumeria and orchid lei with an elder on a resort lanai.
Lei making with a kupuna.
A student in chef whites plates a dish beside an executive chef.
On the pass with an executive chef.
A hotel manager shows students guest operations on a tablet.
Front-of-house operations, behind the scenes.
A hotel manager shows two students guest operations on a tablet in an open-air lobby.

Student Hotel Retail Lab

Products made for the people who visit.

Students develop, package and market products specifically for the hospitality industry — a real-world lab that connects creativity with customers in gift shops, grab-and-go, restaurants and events.

  • Hotel and resort gift shops
  • Grab-and-go and restaurant programs
  • Events and visitor attractions

Create memorable experiences — and learn exactly what it takes to deliver them every day.

More pathways

STEM + InnovationExplore Agriculture + AgTechExplore Food Innovation + ManufacturingExplore Retail + Consumer ProductsExplore

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Bring real-world entrepreneurship to your students.

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