Bachelor of Business and Commerce - Hospitality Management

Effective hospitality is about managing the overall experience of the customer – understanding the cultural and economic influences on travel, leisure and tourism, managing people and events and efficient problem-solving.

The degree in Hospitality Management major gives you an excellent basis for a management career in the hospitality industry. It provides you with a comprehensive understanding of advanced business management principles, combined with hands-on industry experience to fine-tune your skills. Focusing on business management principles, the course develops a critical awareness and understanding of the social, cultural, environmental and economic factors that affect the hospitality industry. It turns out efficient, creative and entrepreneurial managers who have a commitment to service excellence and the potential to reach senior management positions.

This Hospitality Management degree major endows you with strong, real-life problem-solving capacities, the ability to anticipate change, and a commitment to lifelong personal development. These abilities are further enhanced during your third year, when you undertake research study tailored to your chosen career area, for example, in accommodation, food and beverage, service quality and delivery, leisure recreation and tourism, or management and human resource issues.

There is also an oppotunity to include subjects leading to either a second major or sub-major in related areas such as operations management or other management disciplines.

A Career in Hospitality Management

With a Bachelors degree in Hospitality Management, you will enjoy a vast array of career opportunities in areas as diverse as:

• management of accommodation, food and beverage or leisure recreation enterprises
• convention and other events management
• tourism and service oriented management

Honours

How to Apply

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