BA in Hotel and Tourism Management
Course Overview
Running 36 months full honours (with top-up routes available for Higher Diploma holders), the BA in Hotel and Tourism Management sits at full UK Bachelor honours degree level and immerses students in integrated hotel and tourism management across accommodation and destination sectors, with the syllabus aligned to the Institute of Hospitality, UKHospitality, People 1st International and HOSPA.
By the end of the BA in Hotel and Tourism Management, students can lead and analyse the routines it covers and translate the classroom material into everyday hotel and resort practice.
Every teaching block in the BA in Hotel and Tourism Management is paired with a practical brief, so students leave with worked artefacts such as reports, plans and presentations that map directly onto the deliverables hiring managers ask about in front-office, rooms-division and guest-facing operations in London and international hotels. Tutor feedback is delivered in the same format managers give in the field, which helps students build a working professional voice.
Key Features
- full UK Bachelor honours degree running 36 months full honours (with top-up routes available for Higher Diploma holders)
- Curriculum aligned with the Institute of Hospitality, UKHospitality, People 1st International and HOSPA
- Content anchored in the working practice of front-office, rooms-division and guest-facing operations in London and international hotels
- Applied focus on integrated hotel and tourism management across accommodation and destination sectors
- Tutor group sizes kept small for meaningful cohort discussion
- Direct articulation pathway into the next LSHRM level of study
- Rolling intakes across on-campus, online and distance-learning routes
- Practical assessment briefs anchored in integrated hotel and tourism management across accommodation and destination sectors
- Optional employer-facing capstone task
What You Will Learn
- Working with tourism supply-chain economics
- Working with cross-sector partnership models
- Working with sustainable tourism practice
- Working with OTA and traditional-agent mix
- Working with hotel-and-tourism policy
- Working with cultural-heritage guest programming
- Working with destination-management principles
- Working with inbound tour operator relationships
- Reading and interpreting reports linked to integrated hotel and tourism management across accommodation and destination sectors
- Applying UK-aligned standards on integrated hotel and tourism management across accommodation and destination sectors day-to-day
- Translating classroom routines into on-property practice
Who This Course Is For
- Higher Diploma graduates using the top-up route
- IB and international-baccalaureate graduates targeting UK undergraduate study
- international students seeking a specialist UK hospitality bachelors
- career-changers moving into a full graduate hospitality degree
- Aspiring department leaders building their case for promotion in front-office, rooms-division and guest-facing operations in London and international hotels
- Working practitioners looking to sharpen their vocabulary in integrated hotel and tourism management across accommodation and destination sectors
Career Pathways
- Hospitality Team Leader
- Hotel Coordinator
- Hotel Operations Manager
- Guest Relations Manager
- Front Office Manager
- Assistant Front Office Manager
- Duty Manager
LSHRM's careers team supports students on the BA in Hotel and Tourism Management with structured CV and LinkedIn reviews, interview preparation and warm introductions to employers in front-office, rooms-division and guest-facing operations in London and international hotels.
LSHRM alumni from the BA in Hotel and Tourism Management move into positions across UK hotel groups, London-based boutique hotels, international resort operators, cluster hotels and hospitality supply-chain firms. The careers team provides mock interviews, portfolio reviews and warm introductions relevant to front-office, rooms-division and guest-facing operations in London and international hotels, and connects students to employer partners running graduate schemes and mid-career openings. Ongoing alumni events help graduates keep their network active as they move between operators over the first few years of their careers.
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 operates as the hotel and resort management division of Harold International College of London and is dedicated to the disciplines that make up a working hospitality business. LSHRM builds each award around UK professional-body practice (Institute of Hospitality, HOSPA, BCS, CIM and UKHospitality among them) so students learn the vocabulary, standards and reporting employers already expect.
Content is written by former general managers, revenue directors, executive housekeepers and hospitality technologists, and delivered flexibly across on-campus, online and distance-learning routes. Students on every LSHRM route are also supported by a dedicated careers service covering CV, LinkedIn, interview coaching and introductions to London hotel groups and international operators.
The LSHRM articulation model means students on this programme can progress directly into the next level of study without repeating material, and Master's routes are available for candidates moving into general management and consultancy work.
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