Advanced Diploma in Revenue Management
Course Overview
The Advanced Diploma in Revenue Management at LSCAHM is a UK Level 5 senior-track qualification running 12 to 15 months on-campus, online or by distance learning. The programme is aligned with hotel revenue-and-systems benchmarks recognised by the Hospitality Professionals Association (HOSPA), the Institute of Hospitality and Cornell Hotel Society alumni practice standards, and reads pricing, distribution, forecasting and reporting as one integrated commercial discipline.
By graduation you are running a full revenue plan for a working hotel, calibrating price to occupancy against a live competitive set, and confidently presenting weekly commercial reviews to the general manager and owner.
Key Features
- Curriculum aligned with HOSPA revenue-and-distribution benchmarks and Institute of Hospitality senior-management themes.
- Case-based teaching drawn from London hotel groups and independent hotels.
- Live pricing exercises using PMS-style reports and channel-manager scenarios.
- Guest lectures from practising revenue directors and cluster revenue managers.
- Credit transfer into UK Bachelor's top-ups confirmed in writing at enrolment.
What You Will Learn
- Build a room-nights forecast against pace, pickup and market segmentation.
- Set BAR pricing, tiered rates and package prices across channels.
- Manage OTA, wholesaler and direct-channel distribution.
- Read a full commercial P&L including ADR, RevPAR and TrevPAR.
- Run weekly and monthly revenue meetings against clear agenda templates.
- Model group business and total-hotel revenue optimisation.
- Report to owners, general managers and cluster teams with credibility.
Who This Course Is For
- Front-office managers and reservations leads specialising into revenue.
- Cluster team members preparing for a hotel revenue-manager role.
- Independent hoteliers moving pricing decisions in-house.
- International hospitality professionals building UK-recognised revenue credentials.
Career Pathways
- Revenue Manager
- Cluster Revenue Manager
- Front Office Manager
- Rooms Division Manager
- Hospitality Strategy Analyst
- Hotel Manager
The LSCAHM careers service runs at least one industry-careers day each academic year with hotel groups, revenue-management consultancies and cluster commercial teams recruiting into pricing and distribution roles.
Entry Requirements
- A relevant Diploma (Level 4), Foundation Year, or at least two years of relevant professional experience in hotels or hospitality.
- GCSE English at grade 4/C and Mathematics at grade 4/C or equivalent.
- IELTS 6.0 overall (no band below 5.5) for non-native English speakers.
- One academic or professional reference.
- Applicants with a portfolio of pricing, front-office or reservations evidence are encouraged to include it.
Why Study at LSCAHM
The London School of Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management sits within Harold International College of London and teaches in small tutor-visible cohorts. LSCAHM reads culinary arts, hospitality management, tourism, events and food business as interlocking disciplines, which sharpens revenue thinking across F&B, groups and rooms.
Central London places hotel head offices and HOSPA within a short tube ride of every classroom, keeping revenue teaching tied to live market signals.
Apply for Advanced Diploma in Revenue Management
The Advanced Diploma in Revenue Management is capped to keep pricing labs at working size. Enrol on a UK Level 5 Advanced Diploma at LSCAHM with credit transfer into Bachelor top-ups confirmed in writing at enrolment. Enrol Now.
