MBA in Global Hospitality Management

Hospitality Immersion Program (HIP)
Essential grounding in the fundamentals of hospitality. Optional, designed for students without a hospitality degree/relevant experience, but recommended for all.

Semester 1
Includes personal development and leadership skills, managing complex organizations, financial analysis, strategic marketing, consumer behavior and insights, hospitality economics and advanced management topics, plus first international field trip.

Semester 2
Includes business strategies and performance monitoring, corporate finance, data analytics and decision making, sustainability and CSR in hospitality, plus second international field trip.

Choice of specializations:

• Advanced Revenue and Performance Management
• Hospitality Entrepreneurship and Business Development

Each specialization includes bespoke Consultancy Project (see separate tab for more details).

Les Roches MBA students enjoy two immersive business field trips*.

You’ll witness first-hand how world class brands make hospitality magic happen in global cities.  

Each trip has a carefully curated program of exclusive luxury hotel visits, meetings with top professionals and social/networking events.

Your knowledge, and network, will be transformed.

*The exact location will be decided according to the current global situation 

"Interacting with accomplished industry leaders, from property-level heads of departments to regional heads, makes it a humbling experience for each of us."

In your second semester of study, you can choose one of two specializations:

• Advanced Revenue and Performance Management
• Hospitality Entrepreneurship and Business Development

These advanced topics have been created with your future career in mind. Each specialization incorporates our unique Consultancy Project, giving you the opportunity to devise solutions to real-life business challenges directly related to your specialization. It’s not a case study; it’s real consultancy for real companies.

Previous clients have included: Beau-Rivage Palace Lausanne, Hotel d’Angleterre, Clinique La Prairie, Accor Hotels, Rocco Forte Hotels, Peninsula Hotels and New York Times.

“I thoroughly enjoyed working with the MBA students at Les Roches. I am excited to use their final presentation and project to push Hatchify forward as a new business.”

As an MBA student you will have access to expert career counselors to guide and support you as you pursue your hospitality ambitions. 

Your Consultancy Project guarantees exceptional industry exposure. 

And around 200 of the biggest brands in hospitality, luxury, finance and retail come to our campuses every year – in person or virtually – to find their future leaders.  

Next intake dates:

March 2021

September 2021

Minimum age:

23

Education:

A copy of academic credentials (Degree, final official transcript for the full degree program). The school accepts documents in English, or one of the Swiss national languages, i.e. French, German and Italian. If not, an official notarized translation in English will be required.

Postgraduate Diploma applications from non-degree holders with extensive documented work experience will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Non-degree holders may qualify for a Professional Development Diploma, not a Postgraduate Diploma.