BA in Hospitality Corporate Management
Course Overview
The BA in Hospitality Corporate Management is a three-year honours degree delivered by LSHRM with top-up routes for Higher Diploma holders. It focuses on the head-office disciplines of hotel groups, from portfolio strategy and brand management to owner relations, corporate finance and international expansion. The programme is aligned with CMI, Institute of Hospitality, HOSPA and CIM reference points.
By graduation you will have completed a placement inside a hospitality corporate function and defended a capstone project on portfolio strategy, brand extension or international market entry.
The three-year syllabus walks you through the disciplines of hospitality head offices, from portfolio strategy and brand management to owner relations and international expansion. Year three centres on a capstone project defended before academic and industry panels, with an integrated placement year giving exposure to a live corporate function.
Modules across the Hospitality Corporate Management programme are delivered in short weekly units with practical activities anchored to real hotel workflows, and every intake sits within a wider LSHRM cohort that combines learners from London, the UK regions and international markets. Tutor contact hours are protected across each week, with dedicated office-hour slots and asynchronous forum support so that Hospitality Corporate Management learners never lose momentum between modules.
On completion, Hospitality Corporate Management learners can progress into the LSHRM MSc, moving from full honours undergraduate standard into executive postgraduate territory without repeating material. Every Hospitality Corporate Management student is also supported by the LSHRM alumni network, which gathers hospitality professionals from London hotel groups, resort operators and hospitality technology firms across the UK and further afield.
Key Features
- Full BA honours syllabus with an industry placement year
- CMI, Institute of Hospitality, HOSPA and CIM references
- Portfolio strategy and brand management modules
- Owner relations and asset management case studies
- International expansion capstone project
- Delivery online, on-campus and by distance learning
- Articulation into MSc programmes at LSHRM
- Full three-year undergraduate structure with placement integration
- Capstone project defended before academic and industry panels
- Guest lectures from London hotel corporate practitioners
- Access to LSHRM's wider Global Hospitality Strategy community
What You Will Learn
- Structure portfolio strategy across regional hotel markets
- Support brand extension and repositioning projects
- Handle owner and asset manager reporting cycles
- Interpret hospitality corporate finance and covenants
- Support international market entry and franchise arrangements
- Coordinate corporate marketing across a multi-brand portfolio
- Design head-office KPIs and dashboards for area directors
- Manage cross-functional projects across corporate teams
- Handle owner reporting and asset management interactions
- Support brand and marketing strategy at portfolio level
- Handle competitive intelligence for hotel corporate offices
- Support corporate finance conversations at portfolio level
- Handle stakeholder engagement across ownership and brand teams
- Handle hospitality corporate management content in the context of executive-level global operations, policy and corporate strategy
- Handle hospitality corporate management content with awareness of UK professional-body references
- Handle hospitality corporate management content across on-campus, online and distance learning delivery modes
- Handle hospitality corporate management content in the context of London hospitality employers
- Handle hospitality corporate management content with cross-department awareness across a hotel property
- Handle hospitality corporate management content in the context of career progression to the LSHRM MSc
Who This Course Is For
- A-level and IB students planning hospitality head-office careers
- Higher Diploma holders topping up to an honours degree
- Working hoteliers moving into corporate offices
- International students preparing for UK corporate hospitality roles
- Working hoteliers moving into corporate office roles
- International students planning UK corporate hospitality placements
Career Pathways
- Corporate Development Manager
- Regional Director
- Business Consultant
- Investment Manager
- International Development Manager
- Global Brand Director
The LSHRM careers service coaches Bachelor students through placement selection, corporate CV drafting and case interview drills, with warm introductions to London-based hotel corporate offices and asset managers.
Past LSHRM Bachelor graduates have moved into corporate development, brand management and asset management roles inside London-based hotel groups and asset managers active across the UK and internationally.
Entry Requirements
- A-Levels (BBC or above) or IB (26+ points) or equivalent overseas qualifications
- A completed Higher Diploma or Advanced Diploma for top-up routes
- IELTS 6.0 overall (no band under 5.5) or equivalent English proficiency
- Personal statement outlining career objectives in the hospitality sector
- Two academic or professional references
Why Study at LSHRM
LSHRM is the London School of Hotel and Resort Management - a specialist division of Harold International College of London focused on the operational and strategic disciplines that run modern hotels, resorts and integrated hospitality businesses.
Our curriculum is written by former hoteliers, revenue leaders, housekeeping directors and hospitality technologists, and delivered across on-campus, online and distance-learning routes to fit working professionals and international students alike.
Corporate content is authored by former corporate development and asset management leads from UK and international hotel groups, so the BA teaches the head-office toolkit in use across the sector.
LSHRM's corporate content sits inside the wider Global Hospitality Strategy department, so graduates leave with a view of executive, policy and consulting conversations that connect corporate work to the broader sector.
Apply for BA in Hospitality Corporate Management
Applications for the BA in Hospitality Corporate Management open on rolling intakes, with dedicated top-up cycles for Higher Diploma holders. Apply for your full LSHRM undergraduate hospitality degree. The programme sits at full honours undergraduate standard and is delivered by an academic team that continues to advise the wider hospitality sector. Support is available throughout the Hospitality Corporate Management programme from admissions to graduation, and every intake is supported by LSHRM course leaders and student services. Apply for your full LSHRM undergraduate hospitality degree with LSHRM admissions. Enrol Now
