Higher Diploma in Hospitality Brand Management
Course Overview
The Higher Diploma in Hospitality Brand Management is a UK Level 5 qualification of 15 to 18 months for marketing assistants, brand executives and hospitality supervisors moving into brand and campaign practice. Delivered on-campus in central London, online or by distance learning, it is aligned with Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) hospitality streams, Institute of Hospitality and UKHospitality practice and articulates directly into a UK Bachelor's top-up.
By graduation you will run a hotel or restaurant campaign from insight through creative to reporting, manage brand standards across multiple venues and complete a capstone project for a UK hospitality brand.
Key Features
- Alignment with CIM hospitality streams, Institute of Hospitality and UKHospitality.
- Modules across brand positioning, campaign planning, PR, digital and loyalty.
- Capstone workplace or research project supervised by a hospitality brand director.
- Confirmed credit transfer into a UK Bachelor's top-up.
- Guest lectures from hotel brand directors and restaurant PR leads.
- Named programme tutor across on-campus, online and distance modes.
What You Will Learn
- Build a brand positioning brief for a hospitality operator.
- Plan and cost a multi-channel campaign across paid, owned and earned.
- Manage brand standards across kitchen, front-of-house and events.
- Run PR and communications through a live launch or crisis.
- Build loyalty and CRM programmes across hotel and F&B guests.
- Report campaign performance in ROAS, conversion and brand-lift metrics.
- Coordinate a photoshoot, tasting or brand launch event.
- Deliver a capstone brand and campaign report for a UK operator.
Who This Course Is For
- Marketing assistants inside hotel groups and restaurant businesses.
- Hospitality supervisors moving into brand and communications roles.
- Career changers moving from agency or in-house marketing into hospitality.
- International applicants seeking a UK-recognised route into a Bachelor's top-up.
Career Pathways
- Hospitality Marketing Manager
- Hospitality Brand Manager
- Loyalty and CRM Manager
- PR and Communications Manager (hospitality)
- Digital Marketing Lead (hotels)
- Guest Relations Manager (brand track)
The LSCAHM careers service links Higher Diploma students to UK hotel group marketing teams, restaurant PR agencies and independent hospitality brands.
Entry Requirements
- A relevant Diploma (Level 4), Advanced Diploma or comparable qualification.
- 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.
- Working professionals moving from commis chef, F&B associate, hotel supervisor or event coordinator roles are welcomed.
Why Study at LSCAHM
LSCAHM is a specialist division of Harold International College of London teaching in small, tutor-visible cohorts, and reads hospitality brand alongside kitchen, service and food business.
Central London places hotel group HQs, restaurant PR agencies, UKHospitality and the Institute of Hospitality within reach of every classroom.
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