MBA in Global Hospitality Management

Hospitality Immersion Program (HIP) 

Essential grounding in the fundamentals of hospitality. Designed for students without a hospitality degree/relevant experience. 

Semester 1 

Features leadership, innovation, entrepreneurship, marketing and budgeting/financial management, plus your choice of elective courses and first international field trip. 

Semester 2 

Features strategy and value creation, corporate finance, data analytics and critical thinking, plus your choice of elective courses and second international field trip. Concludes with Consultancy Project. 

Les Roches MBA students enjoy immersive business field trips to both Chicago and Shanghai.

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. 

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

During your MBA Consultancy Project, you will have the opportunity to put what you’ve learned about leadership and problem-solving to the test.

World-leading organizations invite our students to come up with solutions to real-life business challenges.

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 to find their future leaders.  

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.