MSc in Tourism Business Management
Course Overview
The MSc in Tourism Business Management is a research-informed executive LSTITM Master's programme for senior tourism practitioners moving into full leadership. Delivered over 12 to 18 months across online, on-campus and distance modes, this postgraduate route sits within the Tourism and Destination Management department and is aligned with practice referenced by the Tourism Society, Chartered Management Institute and WTTC. Students work through modules on advanced tourism business strategy, executive leadership, corporate finance for tourism, tourism policy interaction and applied research, culminating in a dissertation.
By graduation, students can lead a tourism business unit at executive level, prepare a board-ready strategic plan, translate corporate finance into tourism decisions and defend an original research dissertation before a UK academic panel.
Key Features
- Postgraduate curriculum aligned to executive UK tourism business practice
- Content referenced against Tourism Society, CMI and WTTC executive commentary
- Applied research dissertation supervised by senior LSTITM tutors
- Board-ready planning templates used across LSTITM Master's routes
- Executive coaching sessions across the postgraduate cycle
- Progression route into senior tourism leadership and consultancy careers
- Career mentoring with LSTITM alumni now in UK tourism executive roles
Every feature on the MSc in Tourism Business Management is scaffolded so that undergraduate graduates and senior practitioners can move from graduate-level knowledge to executive tourism business leadership. Tutors bring live UK operator and destination board executive decisions so learners see how strategy actually reaches board-level outcomes. Assessment blends portfolio work with observed executive facilitation across a supervised dissertation cycle.
What You Will Learn
- Leading a tourism business unit at executive level
- Preparing a board-ready strategic plan for a UK or international operator
- Translating corporate finance into tourism executive decisions
- Defending an original research dissertation before an academic panel
- Reading executive commentary from Tourism Society, CMI and WTTC
- Handling board-level trade-offs between destination and shareholder value
- Facilitating executive strategy workshops with senior stakeholders
- Preparing evidence packs suitable for national policy contributions
Skills are practised through executive strategy plans, corporate finance analyses, policy interaction briefings and applied research culminating in a full dissertation drawn from live UK executive tourism cases. Each learner leaves the MSc with a portfolio of executive artefacts and a defended research dissertation ready for senior tourism leadership roles across London tourism employers.
Who This Course Is For
- Bachelor graduates progressing to executive tourism leadership
- Senior tourism practitioners moving into full leadership roles
- International applicants seeking a UK research-informed tourism Master's
- Career changers with 5+ years senior experience in adjacent sectors
The MSc in Tourism Business Management suits LSTITM BA graduates progressing to executive tourism leadership, senior practitioners moving into full leadership and international applicants seeking a UK research-informed tourism Master's for their executive interviews across London tourism employers and international operators. Career changers with 5+ years senior experience in adjacent sectors take this MSc to acquire tourism-specific executive evidence, and returning senior tourism professionals use it to refresh executive judgement across UK operator and international destination cycles for their next career move.
Career Pathways
- Head of Tourism Business
- Tourism Executive Director
- Regional Tourism Director
- Tourism Corporate Development Manager
- Tourism Strategy Consultancy Partner
- Global Tourism Manager
- Head of Tourism Development
LSTITM's careers service supports MSc graduates with executive CV coaching, board-level portfolio guidance and introductions to London tourism executive teams, international boards and senior consultancies recruiting Master's-level talent.
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 senior tourism experience
- IELTS 6.5 overall (no band under 6.0) or equivalent English proficiency
- A 500-word research statement on the applicant's chosen area of tourism specialisation
- Two academic or professional references and a short interview
Why Study at LSTITM
LSTITM is the London School of Tourism and International Travel Management, a specialist division of Harold International College of London focused on the destination, business, systems and strategic disciplines that shape modern global tourism. Every LSTITM programme is aligned with recognised UK tourism and marketing bodies including the Tourism Society, the Institute of Travel and Tourism, ABTA, the Chartered Institute of Marketing and UKHospitality, so graduates step into the sector with credible, industry-referenced study behind them.
Our curriculum is written by former destination directors, travel-industry technologists, tourism consultants and marketing leaders, and delivered across on-campus, online and distance-learning routes to fit working professionals and international students. LSTITM's articulation model means every Certificate and Diploma leads cleanly into an Advanced Diploma, Higher Diploma and full honours degree, with Master's routes for those aiming at consultancy, corporate development and executive tourism leadership.
Apply for MSc in Tourism Business Management
Applications for the MSc in Tourism Business Management open on rolling postgraduate cycles. Submit your undergraduate transcript or equivalent, a 500-word research statement, references, English-language proof and complete a short interview with the LSTITM postgraduate admissions team. Advance into executive tourism leadership with LSTITM. Enrol Now
