BA in Hospitality Entrepreneurship
Course Overview
The BA in Hospitality Entrepreneurship is a three-year honours degree delivered by LSHRM. It develops the venture, product and commercial skills needed to launch or scale a hospitality business, from boutique hotel concepts to serviced apartments, dark kitchens, guest experience platforms and hospitality supply firms. The programme is aligned with Institute of Hospitality, UKHospitality, CMI and CIM references.
By graduation you will have completed a placement inside a hospitality venture and defended a capstone business plan for a new hospitality product or property concept, with commercial, operational and marketing detail.
The three-year syllabus walks you through venture leadership in hospitality, from concept development and unit economics to funding, launch and post-launch performance. Year three centres on a defended capstone business plan, with an integrated placement year giving hands-on exposure to a live hospitality venture or founder team.
Modules across the Hospitality Entrepreneurship 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 Entrepreneurship learners never lose momentum between modules.
On completion, Hospitality Entrepreneurship learners can progress into the LSHRM MSc, moving from full honours undergraduate standard into executive postgraduate territory without repeating material. Every Hospitality Entrepreneurship 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 a hospitality venture placement
- Institute of Hospitality, UKHospitality, CMI and CIM references
- Business modelling and unit economics workshops
- Property concept and boutique hotel case studies
- Capstone hospitality business plan defence
- Delivery online, on-campus and by distance learning
- Articulation into MSc programmes at LSHRM
- Full three-year undergraduate structure with placement integration
- Defended capstone business plan before academic and industry panels
- Guest lectures from London hospitality founders and investors
- Access to LSHRM's wider founder and entrepreneurship community
What You Will Learn
- Design a hospitality business concept from insight to prototype
- Model unit economics for hotel rooms, restaurants and services
- Structure capital requirements and funding pitches
- Coordinate suppliers, licensing and property agreements
- Handle brand identity, positioning and digital launch
- Interpret hospitality market data for concept validation
- Design operational blueprints for lean opening teams
- Manage post-launch performance reviews and pivots
- Handle site selection and property agreements for hospitality concepts
- Support licensing and regulatory conversations for new ventures
- Handle pre-launch marketing and community building
- Handle post-launch performance reviews and course corrections
- Support hospitality supply chain arrangements for lean openings
- Handle hospitality entrepreneurship content in the context of daily hotel operations, front office rhythm and duty leadership
- Handle hospitality entrepreneurship content with awareness of UK professional-body references
- Handle hospitality entrepreneurship content across on-campus, online and distance learning delivery modes
- Handle hospitality entrepreneurship content in the context of London hospitality employers
- Handle hospitality entrepreneurship content with cross-department awareness across a hotel property
- Handle hospitality entrepreneurship content in the context of career progression to the LSHRM MSc
Who This Course Is For
- A-level and IB students planning hospitality ventures
- Higher Diploma holders topping up to an honours degree
- Working hoteliers preparing to launch their own business
- International students preparing for UK hospitality entrepreneurship
- Working hoteliers preparing to launch a hospitality business
- International students planning hospitality ventures in the UK
Career Pathways
- Hospitality Entrepreneur
- Hotel Development Manager
- Business Development Manager
- Franchise Manager
- Guest Experience Manager
- Luxury Hospitality Consultant
The LSHRM careers service supports Bachelor students with venture placement matching, pitch coaching and introductions to boutique hotel groups, serviced apartment operators and hospitality investors in London.
Past LSHRM Bachelor graduates have launched boutique hotel concepts, serviced apartment ventures and hospitality technology firms, with several stepping into founder-track roles inside London hospitality investors.
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.
The BA in Hospitality Entrepreneurship is co-designed with founders and operators of London boutique hotels and hospitality startups, so it reflects real market realities.
LSHRM's entrepreneurship content sits inside the wider Hotel Operations and Front Office department, so graduates leave with a broad view of operational disciplines that keep a hospitality business functioning after launch.
Apply for BA in Hospitality Entrepreneurship
Applications for the BA in Hospitality Entrepreneurship 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 Entrepreneurship 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
