BA in Tourism and Resort Management
Course Overview
The BA in Tourism and Resort Management is a full-honours undergraduate programme running over 36 months full honours (top-up routes available for holders of a Higher Diploma). It combines academic rigour, applied placement and industry-referenced content to deliver a graduate-ready hospitality professional prepared for hotel operations & front office leadership.
Students on the BA in Tourism and Resort Management progress through three years of structured study covering foundations, applied specialisation and honours-level research, with placement opportunities woven through the middle year of the route and dissertation-style work in the final year.
By graduation, honours students on the BA in Tourism and Resort Management step into graduate management-trainee schemes, department-head trajectories and specialist analyst roles across the London hospitality sector.
Key Features
- Curriculum shaped around tourism policy, resort marketing and excursion planning within hotel operations & front office
- Applied assessments, case studies and scenario-based tasks written specifically for the BA in Tourism and Resort Management
- Tutors drawn from hotel operations, revenue leadership, housekeeping direction and hospitality technology backgrounds
- Dedicated career service support with introductions to London hotel groups, luxury resort operators and boutique brands
- Content referenced against Institute of Hospitality and Master Innholders standards where credible for the BA in Tourism and Resort Management
- Clear articulation into further LSHRM routes so students can plan their long-term progression beyond the BA in Tourism and Resort Management
What You Will Learn
- Apply tourism policy inside a professional hotel operations & front office context
- Use resort marketing inside a professional hotel operations & front office context
- Develop excursion planning inside a professional hotel operations & front office context
- Plan guest-lifecycle in resorts inside a professional hotel operations & front office context
- Evaluate destination management inside a professional hotel operations & front office context
- Design framing operational decisions within a business strategy inside a professional hotel operations & front office context
- Deliver using placement insight to test academic frameworks inside a professional hotel operations & front office context
- Coordinate designing and delivering an applied graduate project inside a professional hotel operations & front office context
Who This Course Is For
- International undergraduates seeking a UK honours degree
- Career-changing professionals moving into graduate management
- Students targeting graduate management schemes in hospitality
- A-level and IB students entering a graduate hospitality trajectory
Career Pathways
- Assistant Front Office Manager
- Concierge
- Hotel Coordinator
- Hotel General Manager
- Hospitality Team Leader
- Front Office Manager
- Reservations Manager
- Deputy Hotel Manager
LSHRM's careers service supports students on the BA in Tourism and Resort Management with CV and LinkedIn review, interview coaching and structured introductions to London hotel groups, international resort operators, boutique brands and the wider hospitality supply chain relevant to hotel operations & front office. Graduates of the BA in Tourism and Resort Management are supported into first roles, progression roles and onward LSHRM study, with alumni progressing across cluster hotels, luxury properties, revenue-management platforms, integrated resort operators and hospitality consultancies. Career workshops, employer briefings and applied projects are all linked back to the BA in Tourism and Resort Management so that every student ends the programme with employer-ready evidence of what they can do.
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.
Students on every LSHRM route are supported by dedicated career services covering CV, LinkedIn, interview coaching and introductions to London hotel groups, luxury resort operators, boutique brands and the wider hospitality supply chain.
For students on the BA in Tourism and Resort Management specifically, LSHRM combines this professional-body alignment with tutor expertise across hotel operations & front office and a career service tuned to the Bachelor (BA / BSc) entry point, so the BA in Tourism and Resort Management sits inside a coherent, industry-referenced study experience. Every module on the BA in Tourism and Resort Management is designed to leave learners with usable skills and documented evidence, whether they are preparing for a first UK hospitality role or a senior appointment in an international group.
Apply for BA in Tourism and Resort Management
Applications for the BA in Tourism and Resort Management are open for the upcoming intake at LSHRM in central London. Apply for your full LSHRM undergraduate hospitality degree and join a UK-aligned Bachelor (BA / BSc) route in hotel operations & front office. Our admissions team will guide you through required documents, English-language options and available scholarships, and will map the BA in Tourism and Resort Management against the wider LSHRM articulation pathway so you can see how this qualification connects cleanly to your next step. Book a call with an LSHRM admissions adviser to check your fit for the BA in Tourism and Resort Management and reserve your place on the next intake. Enrol Now.
