MBA in International Hospitality Leadership
Course Overview
The MBA in International Hospitality Leadership is a UK Level 7 executive postgraduate programme of one year full-time or two years part-time (online and distance routes available). It is aligned with Institute of Hospitality, Chartered Management Institute (CMI), UKHospitality and HOSPA senior competencies and closes with a strategy dissertation, MBA capstone or sponsor consulting project for a multi-unit hospitality operator.
By graduation you will lead a multi-unit strategy pitch, defend an investment case to a board, and produce a senior-track portfolio positioning you for regional GM, cluster or MD-track roles.
Key Features
- Alignment with Institute of Hospitality, CMI, UKHospitality and HOSPA senior competencies.
- Modules across strategy, finance, leadership, HR, revenue and multi-unit operations.
- MBA capstone or sponsor consulting project for a UK or international operator.
- Small, tutor-visible seminar structure across on-campus, online and distance modes.
- Guest speaker series with regional GMs, cluster directors and MDs.
- Executive coaching and named academic supervisor.
What You Will Learn
- Build a multi-unit strategy for a hotel group or restaurant business.
- Defend an investment case for a refit, acquisition or new opening.
- Lead financial planning across P&L, cash and capital allocation.
- Coordinate revenue, distribution and channel strategy across a portfolio.
- Lead HR strategy across leadership, retention and cross-border teams.
- Deliver ESG and responsible-hospitality strategy to a board.
- Present a strategy pitch to a supervising board or client executive.
- Deliver an MBA capstone or sponsor consulting project.
Who This Course Is For
- Hotel GMs, F&B directors and multi-unit managers targeting cluster or regional roles.
- Senior hospitality executives moving into MD-track roles.
- Consulting and finance professionals moving into hospitality strategy.
- International hospitality executives seeking a UK MBA credential.
Career Pathways
- Regional Hospitality Manager
- Group Operations Manager
- Cluster Revenue Manager
- Hospitality Business Consultant
- General Manager (Hotel/Restaurant)
- Hospitality Programme Manager
- Hospitality Sustainability Lead (senior)
The LSCAHM careers service supports MBA candidates into hotel groups, restaurant businesses, consulting practices and investor-backed hospitality operators.
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 culinary, hospitality, tourism or events 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 teaching in small, tutor-visible cohorts, and reads hospitality strategy across kitchen, service, events and tourism because a hospitality business earns its return across all of them.
Central London places hotel group HQs, consulting practices, UKHospitality and the Institute of Hospitality within reach of every seminar.
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