MBA in Luxury Hospitality Management
Course Overview
The MBA in Luxury Hospitality Management is a UK Level 7 research-informed senior-practice degree running one year full-time or two years part-time across on-campus, online and distance routes. It is aligned with Institute of Hospitality, UKHospitality, HOSPA and Chartered Management Institute (CMI) leadership guidance, and is written for operators moving up into general-manager, cluster and executive positions across luxury properties.
By graduation you can lead a luxury property's operating strategy, chair a general-manager weekly meeting, model portfolio-level revenue and cost decisions, and close a sponsor consulting project for a luxury hotel group or private members' club.
Key Features
- One-year full-time or two-year part-time UK Level 7 MBA.
- Luxury strategy modules aligned with Institute of Hospitality practice.
- Portfolio revenue and cost modelling grounded in HOSPA reference material.
- Executive leadership taught to CMI competency standards.
- Sponsor consulting project for a luxury hotel group, private members' club or resort operator.
- Cohort of practising senior managers and cross-industry executives.
- Named supervisor from luxury general-management practice.
What You Will Learn
- Set and defend an operating strategy for a luxury hotel or resort.
- Chair general-manager weekly and monthly review meetings.
- Model portfolio-level revenue, cost and capital allocation decisions.
- Lead luxury service culture and empowered-front-line practice.
- Handle owner-operator, franchise and management contract dynamics.
- Direct luxury brand, digital reputation and guest experience programmes.
- Sponsor a P&L turnaround or repositioning project.
- Present strategic recommendations at board or ownership level.
Who This Course Is For
- Hotel general managers and cluster managers targeting executive roles.
- Rooms division and F&B directors moving into full property leadership.
- Owner-operators repositioning independent luxury properties.
- Senior managers from adjacent luxury sectors moving into hospitality leadership.
Career Pathways
- General Manager (Luxury Hotel)
- Regional Hospitality Manager
- Executive Assistant Manager
- Group Operations Manager
- Guest Experience Director
- Hospitality Business Consultant
- Innovation Manager (Hospitality)
- Hospitality Sustainability Lead
The LSCAHM careers service runs at least one industry-careers day each academic year with luxury hotel groups, private members' clubs and executive search firms, and refreshes luxury hospitality content against Institute of Hospitality and UKHospitality guidance.
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 luxury hospitality are considered on portfolio.
- One academic and one professional reference.
- A 500-word research proposal or professional practice statement on luxury hospitality leadership.
Why Study at LSCAHM
The London School of Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management is a specialist division of Harold International College of London. LSCAHM's Executive & Integrated Hospitality Studies department reads luxury hospitality as an integrated operating system combining culinary, rooms, F&B, wellness and brand.
Central London places luxury hotel groups, private members' clubs, the Institute of Hospitality, UKHospitality and HOSPA within a short tube ride of every classroom.
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