MSc in Future Hospitality Technologies
Course Overview
The MSc in Future Hospitality Technologies is a postgraduate programme of 12 to 18 months delivered by LSHRM. It focuses on emerging technologies reshaping hospitality, from AI-augmented operations to platform integrations, hospitality data infrastructure and technology ethics. The programme references BCS, HOSPA, TechUK and Institute of Hospitality standards and includes a dissertation on an emerging technology theme.
By graduation you will have completed a full dissertation on an emerging hospitality technology, contributed to an industry research project and developed executive-level fluency across the modern hospitality technology stack.
The postgraduate curriculum walks you through advanced hospitality technology topics through taught modules, applied research, and a defended dissertation on an emerging technology theme. Assessment blends research papers, an industry research project, taught module assessments and a dissertation viva with academic and industry examiners.
Modules across the Future Hospitality Technologies 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 Future Hospitality Technologies learners never lose momentum between modules.
On completion, Future Hospitality Technologies learners can progress into the LSHRM continuing professional development portfolio, moving from executive postgraduate standard into advanced research and consulting territory without repeating material. Every Future Hospitality Technologies 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
- Executive postgraduate technology syllabus
- BCS, HOSPA, TechUK and Institute of Hospitality references
- Dissertation on an emerging hospitality technology
- Industry research project participation
- Executive-level technology fluency modules
- Online, on-campus and distance-learning delivery
- Progression into consulting and executive posts
- Research paper assessments with individual tutor feedback
- Industry research project participation
- Taught module assessments with executive-level content
- Dissertation viva with academic and industry examiners
What You Will Learn
- Interrogate emerging hospitality technologies through research
- Structure hospitality data infrastructure at executive level
- Handle AI-augmented operations decisions responsibly
- Coordinate hospitality platform integrations at group level
- Handle technology ethics including consent and bias
- Interpret hospitality vendor and platform economics
- Present board-level technology recommendations
- Complete a defended dissertation on an emerging technology theme
- Handle executive-level technology architecture conversations
- Handle executive-level data infrastructure conversations
- Handle executive-level AI ethics conversations
- Handle executive-level vendor economics conversations
- Handle executive-level technology risk conversations
- Handle future hospitality technologies content in the context of hospitality platforms, data flows and connected hotel systems
- Handle future hospitality technologies content with awareness of UK professional-body references
- Handle future hospitality technologies content across on-campus, online and distance learning delivery modes
- Handle future hospitality technologies content in the context of London hospitality employers
- Handle future hospitality technologies content with cross-department awareness across a hotel property
- Handle future hospitality technologies content in the context of career progression to the LSHRM continuing professional development portfolio
Who This Course Is For
- Senior hospitality technology professionals targeting executive posts
- Consultants specialising in hospitality technology strategy
- Applicants from adjacent industries entering hospitality technology
- International professionals preparing for UK executive tech roles
- Consultants specialising in hospitality technology strategy
- International executive technologists preparing for UK executive posts
Career Pathways
- Hospitality Technology Consultant
- Hotel Systems Manager
- Smart Hotel Operations Manager
- Guest Experience Technology Lead
- Hospitality Automation Specialist
- Distribution Manager
LSHRM careers advisors support MSc students with executive CV drafting, consulting interview drills and introductions to London hospitality technology consultancies and hotel group corporate offices.
Past LSHRM MSc graduates have moved into hospitality technology consultant, hotel systems director and guest experience technology director posts inside London hospitality technology firms and hotel corporate offices.
Entry Requirements
- A UK 2:2 (Lower Second Class) honours degree or overseas equivalent in any discipline
- Applicants without a first degree may be considered with 5+ years of senior hospitality experience
- IELTS 6.5 overall (no band under 6.0) or equivalent English proficiency
- A 500-word research statement covering the applicant's chosen area of hospitality specialisation
- Two academic or professional references and a short interview
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 MSc is authored by former hotel CIOs and HOSPA-linked technologists, so the executive content reflects the strategic conversations happening across major hospitality groups.
LSHRM's postgraduate future technologies content sits inside the wider Digital Hospitality and Technology department, so learners engage with automation, revenue analytics and booking system peers throughout the programme.
Apply for MSc in Future Hospitality Technologies
Applications for the MSc in Future Hospitality Technologies open on rolling intakes with dedicated postgraduate cycles. Advance into executive hospitality leadership with LSHRM admissions. The programme sits at executive postgraduate standard and is delivered by an academic team that continues to advise the wider hospitality sector. Support is available throughout the Future Hospitality Technologies programme from admissions to graduation, and every intake is supported by LSHRM course leaders and student services. Advance into executive hospitality leadership with LSHRM with LSHRM admissions. Enrol Now
