MA in Hospitality Finance and Revenue Management — Master at London School of Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management

MA in Hospitality Finance and Revenue Management


Course Overview

The MA in Hospitality Finance and Revenue Management is a UK Level 7 research-informed programme running one year full-time or two years part-time at LSCAHM. Content is aligned with HOSPA finance and revenue guidance, Institute of Hospitality standards and Chartered Institute of Marketing pricing frameworks.

By graduation you are producing a research-quality dissertation, capstone or sponsor project on a real hospitality-finance question, and are equipped to move into revenue and finance leadership at cluster or portfolio level.

Key Features

  • One year full-time or two years part-time, on-campus, online or by distance learning.
  • Content aligned with HOSPA finance and revenue frameworks.
  • Live client project supervised by hoteliers, revenue directors and finance leaders.
  • Case work from London hotel groups and restaurant estates.
  • Dissertation, capstone or sponsor consulting project as final submission.
  • Named programme-tutor and small cohort model throughout.

What You Will Learn

  • Hospitality financial statements, ratios and portfolio analysis.
  • Revenue-management principles across rooms, F&B and function business.
  • Pricing science, forecasting and rate-optimisation methods.
  • Distribution economics across GDS, OTA and direct channels.
  • Cost modelling, margin engineering and cluster-level reporting.
  • Investor and lender communication for hospitality assets.
  • Ethics and compliance in hospitality finance leadership.
  • Research methods for hospitality-finance dissertations.

Who This Course Is For

  • Revenue managers moving to cluster or regional responsibility.
  • Hotel accountants and finance business partners.
  • Restaurant operations directors taking finance-led decisions.
  • Consultants specialising in hospitality asset performance.

Career Pathways

  • Revenue Manager
  • Cluster Revenue Manager
  • Hotel Finance Business Partner
  • Hospitality Finance Analyst
  • Hotel Manager (finance-led P&L)
  • Food & Beverage Manager (commercial track)
  • Restaurant Manager (revenue-led)

The LSCAHM careers service opens the door to London and international hotel groups, restaurant estates and hospitality investment firms that recruit senior finance and revenue talent.

Entry Requirements

  • A UK Bachelor's degree (2:2 or above) or equivalent international qualification in a relevant discipline.
  • IELTS 6.5 overall (no band below 6.0) for non-native English speakers.
  • Applicants without a Bachelor's degree but with 5+ years of senior professional experience in hospitality finance or revenue are considered on portfolio.
  • One academic and one professional reference.
  • A 500-word research proposal or professional practice statement.

Why Study at LSCAHM

LSCAHM is a specialist division of Harold International College of London that treats revenue and finance as inseparable from operations, brand and guest experience. Master's cohorts are small, tutor-visible and led by practising directors.

The London base places HOSPA, the Institute of Hospitality and the wider hospitality finance community inside a short tube ride of every classroom.

Apply for MA in Hospitality Finance and Revenue Management

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Frequently asked questions.

Common questions about MA in Hospitality Finance and Revenue Management.

The MA in Hospitality Finance and Revenue Management runs one year full-time or two years part-time at UK Level 7.

The MA in Hospitality Finance and Revenue Management is delivered on-campus, online or by distance learning with a live client project.

Yes. The MA in Hospitality Finance and Revenue Management is a UK Level 7 Master's award aligned with HOSPA and Institute of Hospitality standards.

A UK Bachelor's at 2:2 or above, or 5+ years of senior professional experience, IELTS 6.5 for non-native speakers, and a 500-word research proposal.

Full Master's fees are published each academic year with instalment plans, employer sponsor routes and international scholarship considerations at admissions review.