MSc in International Hotel and Tourism Management
Oxford Brookes University
Key Information
Campus location
Headington, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
1 - 2 year
Pace
Full time, Part time
Tuition fees
GBP 16,200 / per year *
Application deadline
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* UK students full-time: £10,200 | International/EU students full-time: £16,200
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Introduction
Our MSc International Hotel and Tourism Management will develop your ability to think strategically across core management disciplines. You will build on your previous studies and work experience and can specialise in a chosen area.
Our teaching staff are recognised experts in their fields. Many of them write books that support your learning. You will engage with industry experts through a range of events and international visiting speakers. And develop your networking skills while gaining useful, global contacts for the future.
Our unique Bacchus Mentoring Programme gives you one-to-one support from a senior professional. They will help to develop your professional skills and advise you on your future career.
You will have support with your graduate jobs and placements from our Careers Centre. And leading hospitality employers visit the campus and recruit students.
The sandwich model includes a one-year paid work placement, after completing the taught part of the course.
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Curriculum
Learning and assessment
You will study modules that build on your previous learning and work experience. And develop a deeper understanding of the complexity of international hotel management in today's turbulent environment.
Study modules
Compulsory modules
- Strategic Financial Management
You will focus on the use of financial information for managerial decision making in the international hotel, events and tourism industries. You will study the key financial issues impacting managerial decision-making in planning for profit and managing assets. You will explore the financial implications of current developments affecting the management of hotels, events and tourism businesses. - Managing People Across Cultures
You will become familiar with a range of practical approaches for the management of people in contemporary service organisations. You will learn how to assess the international hotel and tourism environment, and how to make judgements about the most appropriate human resource management approaches to adopt in different situations. You will increase your awareness of issues that need to be considered when companies decide to expand beyond their domestic market. You will learn how to develop a human resource strategy for a hospitality company's expansion into a new country. - Marketing Across Cultures
You will look at the concept of marketing within an international hotel and tourism context. You will analyse the strategies of international hotel and tourism companies. The emphasis is on the cultural differences and similarities that international hospitality/tourism operators have to understand to develop effective global marketing strategies. The assessment may involve a country market analysis, designing your own brand and developing market entry strategies for an international expansion programme. - Corporate Risk Governance
You will learn about good corporate governance and risk management in a dynamic tourism environment. In a group, you will research the historic and current business context and corporate governance of a company of your choice in the international hospitality and tourism industry. You will assess its governance and performance, evaluate the risks it faces in a global context and make recommendations on the strategies the company should follow to achieve its business objectives. You will become a more global strategic thinker and able to identify and respond to factors that threaten the achievement of a company's strategic objectives. - Research Methods
You will be introduced to approaches, methodologies and resources available to improve your researching capabilities. You will design the methodology for a research project that helps you understand how to collect and analyse the data required for writing your dissertation or client project. - Mentoring and Leadership Development
You will develop an in-depth understanding of leadership theory and practice. Your understanding of leadership theory will increase by engaging with contemporary debates on leadership in the hospitality, events and tourism industries, with a particular focus on ethical leadership. You will develop your professional competencies and understanding of leadership practice through participation in the school's Bacchus Mentoring Programme, which will match you with a mentor from the international hospitality, events or tourism industry. - Optional modules
- Tourism Digital Distribution Strategies
The main aim of this module is to enable you to critically evaluate current and emerging developments in electronic distribution systems. You will explore the impact of global distribution systems and social media from both a consumer and an organisational perspective. - Events
In this module, you will explore the complex relationships between events, groups and individuals drawing from the concepts and methods in various social sciences. The module focuses on three themes:- the social and cultural contexts in which events take place
- the various stakeholders who affect and are affected by events
- the social, cultural, environmental, economic and political impacts of events for states, regions, organisations, groups and individuals.
- Tourism Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Tourism Innovation and entrepreneurship are fundamental to the development of tourism products and services that contribute to sustainable local, regional and national development strategies. You will consider the process of innovation, including the role of key tourism stakeholders such as the government, the private sector, NGOs and local communities. - Revenue Management
This module introduces you to key concepts within Revenue Management such as capacity management, dynamic pricing and forecasting. To fully understand how to apply revenue management within hospitality and tourism businesses, you need to be aware of the relationship between price and value and how this influences customer purchase decisions. Other electives may also be available.
Placement
- Sandwich mode / Placement
If you decide to take the sandwich mode your year of full-time taught study will be followed by one year of full-time, supervised work experience. The time on supervised work experience is paid and spent with a suitable international hospitality and tourism employer. You carry out an assessed project for the company as part of your academic studies on the placement.
Final project - choose one of
- Dissertation
The dissertation is an opportunity for you to investigate a topic in depth from multiple perspectives, working independently and supervised by a specialist tutor. You choose the hospitality, events or tourism management topic which you wish to study. This can be the same topic as in your Contemporary Issues module or a different subject area.
By writing the dissertation you will develop your ability to critically review literature, identify the gaps in current knowledge and practise relevant research skills to facilitate data collection, analysis, interpretation and presentation. - Client Project
You have the opportunity to link theory to practice by analysing a real organisational issue. Having identified a project (with the approval of both the client company and the Module Leader) you investigate a particular issue, one that can be supported through the relevant literature and by conducting primary research with the client. This module is not an internship but can be taken in conjunction with an internship you have identified and are participating in. The 'issue' in question may be a current management problem for the client organisation or related to future strategic choices. The Client Project provides you with a significant learning and personal development experience.
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Career Opportunities
After graduation from this course, you will have excellent career prospects in hospitality and tourism – especially in the international hotel industry. Our graduates go on to work for the leading hotel brands in a wide range of roles either in the UK or internationally with companies including:
- Accor
- Compass
- Carnival
- Four Seasons
- Hilton
- Hyatt
- IHG
- Shangri-La
- Mandarin Oriental
- Marriott
- Radisson
- Sodexho
- Sol Melia
- Starwood
- TUI.
Depending upon their prior experience, graduates have obtained supervisory/junior management positions and operational roles.
The optional one-year work placement is a great opportunity for those who would like to gain work experience in the hospitality industry after the course.
By doing a work placement you will receive:
- paid, full-time work experience
- practical experience with a top employer in the hospitality, events and tourism industry
- a dedicated service to guide your placement search
- tailored placement skills development workshops
- continual support from the school
- improved graduate employability
- the chance of a firm offer of employment.
Some students choose an academic career by studying for a PhD with us, or in other universities. Our programme provides students with excellent preparation for doctoral studies and careers in teaching in universities.