BA in Revenue Management
Course Overview
The BA in Revenue Management is a three-year UK Level 6 honours degree examining how hotel groups, restaurant collections and hospitality operators price, forecast and distribute their inventory across channels. Sitting inside the LSCAHM Hospitality Management department, the programme is aligned with HOSPA revenue-management themes, Institute of Hospitality commercial benchmarks and UKHospitality distribution standards, and includes a year-two placement in a hotel revenue office or hospitality operator.
By graduation you are running RMS platforms, publishing weekly forecast files, optimising channel mix across OTAs and direct, and completing a final-year dissertation or capstone commissioned by a UK hospitality operator.
Key Features
- Curriculum aligned with HOSPA revenue-management themes and Institute of Hospitality benchmarks.
- Compulsory year-two placement in a hotel revenue office, group RM function or operator.
- Practical work in industry-standard RMS, PMS and channel-management platforms.
- Live forecasting sponsor briefs from London hotel groups.
- Small tutor-visible cohorts across on-campus, online and distance modes.
- Final-year dissertation or sponsor capstone supervised by senior revenue directors.
What You Will Learn
- Build a hotel demand forecast integrating pace, pickup and macro signals.
- Optimise RevPAR, ADR and occupancy using structured pricing rules.
- Manage channel mix across OTAs, direct, GDS and wholesale.
- Interpret competitive rate shopping and market pricing signals.
- Design segmentation strategies across leisure, corporate and MICE.
- Analyse F&B and ancillary revenue through TRevPAR frameworks.
- Present a weekly revenue call to a General Manager and asset manager.
- Apply UK consumer-protection and OTA-contract rules to distribution.
Who This Course Is For
- School leavers targeting revenue management careers across hotel groups.
- Reservations agents progressing into revenue roles.
- Advanced Diploma holders moving to a full UK honours degree.
- International applicants seeking a globally-relevant revenue BA delivered from London.
- Working revenue analysts formalising their credentials.
Career Pathways
- Revenue Manager
- Cluster Revenue Manager
- Revenue Analyst
- Reservations Manager
- Distribution Manager
- Total Revenue Manager (Junior)
- Hospitality Business Analyst
- Rooms Division Manager (Revenue Track)
The LSCAHM careers service supports every BA cohort with placement matching, alumni introductions and an annual industry-careers day featuring hotel group revenue functions.
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 outlining your interest in revenue management.
- International applicants receive dedicated visa and accommodation support from LSCAHM admissions.
Why Study at LSCAHM
LSCAHM reads revenue as inseparable from operations, marketing and guest experience. BA in Revenue Management students share seminars with front office, marketing and F&B peers, which sharpens their ability to influence commercial decisions across the wider hotel operation.
Central London places hotel group head offices, HOSPA and the Institute of Hospitality within a short tube ride of every classroom.
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