BA in Luxury Hospitality and Tourism
Course Overview
The BA in Luxury Hospitality and Tourism at LSCAHM is a UK Level 6 honours degree delivered over three years full-time, with part-time and accelerated routes available on-campus, online or by distance learning. The programme sits inside the Executive & Integrated Hospitality Studies department and is aligned with UK luxury-service themes recognised by the Institute of Hospitality, the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and the Institute of Travel and Tourism (ITT). It reads five-star hotels, private travel and luxury guest experience as one integrated discipline.
By graduation you are running luxury guest journeys against strict service standards, coordinating with the fine-dining kitchen and butler teams, and completing a year-two placement inside a UK luxury hotel or private-travel operator.
Key Features
- Curriculum aligned with Institute of Hospitality luxury service themes and ITT premium-travel benchmarks.
- Year-two placement in a UK five-star hotel, luxury tour operator or private-travel firm.
- Guest lectures from luxury hoteliers and private-travel operators.
- Modules on butler service, private dining, luxury housekeeping and personalisation.
- Three parallel study modes for progressors, working practitioners and international applicants.
What You Will Learn
- Design luxury guest journeys across pre-arrival, in-house and post-stay stages.
- Deliver butler-standard service across suites and residences.
- Coordinate with fine-dining kitchen and sommelier teams.
- Handle high-value guest personalisation and discretion.
- Manage luxury housekeeping, turndown and amenity standards.
- Design private-travel itineraries with credible F&B and cultural anchors.
- Report luxury guest-experience KPIs to management and ownership.
- Write and defend a final-year capstone grounded in placement evidence.
Who This Course Is For
- Aspiring luxury hotel and private-travel professionals.
- Guest-relations officers moving into luxury service.
- Chefs and F&B professionals extending into fine-dining service leadership.
- International applicants building UK-recognised luxury credentials.
Career Pathways
- Guest Experience Director
- Resort Manager
- Executive Assistant Manager
- Rooms Division Manager (Luxury)
- Restaurant Manager (Fine Dining)
- Tourism Manager (Luxury Travel)
- Hospitality Brand Manager
The LSCAHM careers service runs at least one industry-careers day each academic year connecting BA students with UK luxury hotel groups, private-travel operators and butler-service specialists.
Entry Requirements
- A-levels (or equivalent) at BBB or above, OR a UK Access to HE Diploma with 45 credits at Level 3.
- GCSE English at grade 4/C and Mathematics at grade 4/C (or equivalent).
- IELTS 6.5 overall (no band below 6.0) for non-native English speakers.
- Two academic references and a personal statement.
- International applicants receive dedicated visa and accommodation support from LSCAHM admissions.
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 is precisely how luxury guest experience is delivered in practice.
Central London places five-star hotels, private-travel operators and the Institute of Hospitality within a short tube ride of every classroom.
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