Higher Diploma in Hospitality Entrepreneurship
Course Overview
The Higher Diploma in Hospitality Entrepreneurship is an operational-to-managerial Higher Diploma in building and running hospitality ventures including boutique hotels, small resorts and service brands. The programme runs for 15 to 18 months at Higher Diploma (UK Level 5+ articulation) standard and is delivered across on-campus, live online and distance-learning routes, keeping content aligned with UK sector references including Institute of Hospitality and UKHospitality.
By the time you complete the Higher Diploma you will articulate into founding or joining a hospitality venture as a director-level candidate, stepping into commercial, brand and business management across resort and hospitality operators with a credible study record behind you.
Alongside the taught content, students on the Higher Diploma in Hospitality Entrepreneurship work through short applied tasks that mirror what happens on the floor, in the back office, or in the commercial team of a working hotel property.
Key Features
- Reference material drawn from Tourism Society and Institute of Travel and Tourism (ITT).
- Practical work on unit economics using real hospitality case material.
- 15 to 18 months Higher Diploma (UK Level 5+ articulation) route delivered on-campus, live online and via distance learning.
- Applied focus on concept development and pitch decks inside a hotel or resort setting.
- Assessment blend of applied briefs, structured reflection and case studies rooted in Resort & Business Management.
- Personal tutor support across the 15 to 18 months of study.
What You Will Learn
- How to plan a personal development trajectory anchored in building and running hospitality ventures including boutique hotels, small resorts and service brands.
- How to plan and structure work in building and running hospitality ventures including boutique hotels, small resorts and service brands.
- How to communicate small-hotel financing outcomes upward to managers and outward to guests where relevant.
- How to apply concept development inside a working hospitality environment.
- How to escalate risks and issues that appear inside building and running hospitality ventures including boutique hotels, small resorts and service brands.
- How to keep records and evidence that support future professional-body membership routes.
- How to read the KPIs and reporting attached to building and running hospitality ventures including boutique hotels, small resorts and service brands.
- How to reflect on your own performance inside building and running hospitality ventures including boutique hotels, small resorts and service brands and turn it into a personal development plan.
- How to build a portfolio of applied work that supports future professional-body membership applications.
- How to reflect on your own performance inside building and running hospitality ventures including boutique hotels, small resorts and service brands and turn it into a personal development plan.
- How to build a portfolio of applied work that supports future professional-body membership applications.
Who This Course Is For
- Advanced Diploma-holders articulating into department-head study.
- Practitioners preparing for a full Bachelor top-up in the same discipline.
- Supervisory and technician-grade hospitality staff moving into managerial responsibility.
- International applicants targeting UK department-head and Bachelor top-up routes.
Career Pathways
- Head of Revenue Manager
- Tourism Business Manager
- Hospitality Entrepreneur
- Resort Operations Manager
- Head of Guest Experience Manager
- Business Development Manager
Graduates of the Higher Diploma in Hospitality Entrepreneurship typically target roles within hotel commercial teams and comparable operators. You will work with the LSHRM careers service on CV, LinkedIn and interview coaching, backed by direct introductions to London hotel brands, resort operators and hospitality partners recruiting into this space. Employers in hospitality marketing agencies and tourism-facing hotel groups value graduates who can talk credibly about building and running hospitality ventures including boutique hotels, small resorts and service brands. Your Higher Diploma in Hospitality Entrepreneurship coursework gives you that vocabulary and the applied examples to back it up.
Entry Requirements
- A completed Advanced Diploma or equivalent Level 5 hospitality qualification
- Alternatively, 3+ years of supervisory hospitality experience with a portfolio statement
- IELTS 6.0 or equivalent English proficiency for international applicants
- Two academic or professional references
- Interview with the LSHRM admissions team
Why Study at LSHRM
LSHRM is the specialist hospitality school of Harold International College of London, focused entirely on hotels, resorts and integrated hospitality businesses. Our programmes are shaped by working practitioners and aligned with the Institute of Hospitality, UKHospitality, HOSPA and the British Institute of Innkeeping to keep every qualification credible in the eyes of UK and international employers.
Delivery spans on-campus study at our London base, live online cohorts and distance-learning packs, so every LSHRM student can study without stepping away from the sector. Higher Diploma graduates progress into LSHRM's Bachelor top-up routes and, from there, into Master's programmes for those planning executive general management or consultancy careers.
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The Higher Diploma in Hospitality Entrepreneurship gives you a credible Higher Diploma (UK Level 5+ articulation) route into building and running hospitality ventures including boutique hotels, small resorts and service brands, tuned to the way UK hotels and resorts actually work. Complete your operational-to-managerial articulation with lshrm. Enrol Now.
