Hospitality Management with Finance

This Master of Business Administration or MBA Hospitality Management prepares young professionals for senior managerial positions through a focus on problem solving, data-driven decision making, and strategic business and leadership development.

The curriculum is developed in collaboration with industry experts to ensure maximum relevance to industry trends and demands. It is delivered by an experienced, international faculty. The program includes leadership lectures, real-world project collaboration with hospitality companies to implement leadership problem-solving skills, a dissertation and specialization courses in Marketing or Finance.

The following outline is an overview of the courses offered in the MBA in Hospitality Management program. For precise details and course descriptions, refer to the Academic Catalog.

Semester 1

• Managing Across Cultures
• Leadership and Development
• Strategic Hospitality Management
• Sustainability
• Trends in Tourism and Hospitality
• Data Analysis and Decision Making
• Strategic Operational Management
• Hospitality Financial Management and Budgeting

Semester 2

• Business Economics
• Strategic Management
• Revenue and Pricing Management
• Tourism Destination and Event Planning
• Applied Research Project

…plus three Specialization Courses (Hospitality Real Estate, Corporate Finance, Investment Strategies for Financial Markets and Asset Management).

MBA Hospitality with Finance

Financial management is a core competency for executive managers in today’s competitive global hospitality sector. Showing solid knowledge of key financial principles related to revenue, real-estate and investment strategies will give the graduate an added value to progress rapidly up the ladder of a hospitality organization.

Specialization Courses in Semester 2

• Hospitality Real Estate
• Corporate Finance
• Investment Strategies for Financial Markets and Asset Management

Age - Normally aged 24 years old or above. Education - Applicants must hold a Bachelor Degree from an accredited Institution of higher learning in any field, ideally with a minimum of 2 years of work experienceEnglish Qualifications - If you are not a native English speaker, or if you have not spent the last 3 years in an English-taught school, please enclose one of the following:TOEFL: minimum score of 550 points for the paper based test or 80 on the Internet Based Test (IBT). The TOEFL testing code number for Les Roches is 9827.Cambridge First Certificate Exam (FCE): Grade A or Cambridge Advanced Exam (CAE): grade C. Please also send the statement of results with your detailed profile.I.E.L.T.S : Academic Module minimum Overall Band Score of 5.5 and min. 5.0 in each part (listening, reading, writing, speaking).Interview - The school may require a phone or personal interview before admission into the program. English Language Requirements IELTS band: 5.5 CAE score: (read more) Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) is part of the Cambridge English suite and is targeted at a high level (IETLS 6.5-8.0). It is an international English language exam set at the right level for academic and professional success. Developed by Cambridge English Language Assessment - part of the University of Cambridge - it helps you stand out from the crowd as a high achiever. 60 (Grade C) FCE score : (read more) Cambridge English: First (FCE) is part of the Cambridge English suite and is targeted at an upper-intermediate level (IELTS 5.5-6.5). It is an international English language exam which provides the perfect foundation for success in study and work. Take Cambridge English: First to prove your ability to use everyday written and spoken English when applying to study abroad. 80 (Grade A) TOEFL paper-based test score : 550 TOEFL iBT® test: 80 Work Experience At least 2 year(s) of work experience is required. Ideally, students should have 2 years of work experience

PAYMENT PLANS

A Payment Plan Agreement can be arranged to help students and their families manage their tuition payments by installments. The most common payment plans call for two or three installments, spaced over the period of one academic semester.

SCHOLARSHIPS

As a private institute, Les Roches provides a limited number of scholarships for new students. The scholarships are competitive and linked to Les Roches’ admissions strategy which aims to assist motivated young people to study at our institution. Each scholarship has specific criteria and eligibility for a scholarship is examined on a case-by-case basis for those students who have submitted a complete application.

If you would like some further information on our scholarsips offered, please contact: info@lesroches.edu

Accreditation

Les Roches is accredited at university level by the US Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC).

Les Roches is recognized by the education department of the Canton of Valais.

We are independently ranked among the top three hospitality management schools in the world for an international career (TNS Survey 2013).