How long is the MBA in Global Hospitality Strategy?

The MBA in Global Hospitality Strategy runs one year full-time or two years part-time in on-campus, online or distance mode. Senior executives typically choose the part-time route.

How is the MBA in Global Hospitality Strategy delivered?

The MBA in Global Hospitality Strategy is delivered through weekly research seminars, executive case studies, industry masterclasses and a supervised sponsor consulting project. All modes share the same tutor structure.

Is this MBA recognised in the UK?

Yes. The MBA in Global Hospitality Strategy is a UK Level 7 postgraduate qualification benchmarked to Institute of Hospitality and Chartered Management Institute senior standards, designed alongside professional-body senior membership routes.

What are the entry requirements for the MBA?

You will need a UK Bachelor's degree (2:2 or above), or 5+ years of senior hospitality experience considered on portfolio. Non-native English speakers require IELTS 6.5 overall.

What does the MBA cost and is funding available?

Full fees, part-payment plans and instalment options for the MBA in Global Hospitality Strategy are confirmed at enrolment. Admissions provides a written quote and reviews postgraduate scholarship eligibility.

MBA in Global Hospitality Strategy | LSCAHM | Harold International College of London

Course Overview

The MBA in Global Hospitality Strategy is a UK Level 7 research-informed postgraduate degree running one year full-time or two years part-time. Sitting inside LSCAHM's Executive & Integrated Hospitality Studies department, it is aligned with Institute of Hospitality, Chartered Management Institute and UKHospitality senior standards, and is designed for senior managers moving into global director and C-suite hospitality roles.

By graduation, students are shaping global hospitality strategy, chairing investor and executive committees, leading integrated portfolios across brand and geography, and closing the programme with a substantial sponsor consulting project written for a live hotel group, restaurant business or hospitality investor.

Key Features

Research-informed MBA curriculum aligned with Institute of Hospitality and CMI senior standards.
Modules covering strategy, corporate finance, portfolio brand management and ESG.
Applied case studies from luxury hotel groups, restaurant companies and hospitality investors.
Weekly research seminars supported by named tutors from senior executive practice.
Substantial sponsor consulting project, capstone or dissertation supervised by industry-active researchers.
Pathway into Institute of Hospitality and Chartered Management Institute senior networks.

What You Will Learn

Design multi-brand hospitality strategy across geographies and consumer segments.
Read corporate finance for hotel and restaurant investment and M&A.
Structure franchise, management-contract and joint-venture agreements.
Lead executive teams through transformation and integration programmes.
Build ESG, sustainability and stakeholder strategy at group level.
Analyse revenue, distribution and brand-portfolio interaction.
Design workforce, culture and talent-development strategy across markets.
Deliver a live sponsor consulting project for a hospitality client.

Who This Course Is For

General managers targeting regional director or VP roles.
Hospitality head-office professionals in strategy, finance or brand.
Owner-operators of multi-unit or multi-brand businesses.
Career changers from consulting, banking or investment moving into hospitality leadership.
International postgraduate applicants pursuing a UK MBA in hospitality.

Career Pathways

Group Operations Manager
Regional Hospitality Manager
Hospitality Strategy Analyst
Hospitality Business Consultant
Innovation Manager (Hospitality)
Hospitality Sustainability Lead
Guest Experience Director

The LSCAHM careers service partners with luxury hotel groups, restaurant companies, hospitality investors and consulting firms across central London to open senior MBA progression conversations, and runs at least one industry-careers day each year focused on executive hospitality careers.

Entry Requirements

A UK Bachelor's degree (2:2 or above) or equivalent international qualification, ideally with hospitality, business or finance grounding.
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 hospitality experience are considered on portfolio.
One academic and one professional reference.
A 500-word research proposal or professional practice statement focused on hospitality strategy.

Why Study at LSCAHM

The London School of Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management is a specialist division of Harold International College of London teaching in small, tutor-visible cohorts. LSCAHM reads culinary arts, hospitality management, tourism, events and food business as interlocking disciplines, which is precisely how a global hospitality strategist has to think.

Central London places luxury hotel groups, the Institute of Hospitality, UKHospitality, HOSPA and major consulting firms within a short tube ride of every classroom, and three parallel study modes let senior executives complete their MBA without leaving employment.

Apply for MBA in Global Hospitality Strategy

Enrol on the LSCAHM MBA in Global Hospitality Strategy. Your sponsor consulting project will be supervised by practising hospitality executives, admissions responds within one working day, and your programme tutor is named before induction. Enrol Now