MBA in Tourism and Hospitality Management - Barcelona

MBA in Tourism and Hospitality Management ENG - Barcelona.

Where: Barcelona
Format: Full time
Titulation: Institutional
Duration: 10 months
Credits: 75 ECTS

Who is it for?

Middle age: 28 years
Language: English
Profile: Graduate and young professional
Work experience: Not required

Presentation and Objectives.
The MBA in Tourism and Hospitality Management focuses on developing executive skills and strategic competences that enable you to become the tourism professional you have always strived to be.

This program was developed along with EAE Business School, ranked in the Merco Ranking 2018 as the second most reputable school in Spain.

The MBA in Hospitality will give you the following benefits:

International vision of the tourism industry: providing an international vision of the tourism industry, together with an adaptable perspective in a changing and competitive global environment.

Strategy: Ensuring the effective management of tourism companies based on strategic plans and focused on achieving results.
Needs: Providing a response to the training needs of executives specializing in the tourism sector.

Innovation: Developing the capacity for innovation and creative management of executives in tourism and hotel companies. 
Future Leaders: Training the future leaders of the global hospitality and tourism industry. Equipping participants with the executive skills and competences required of directors and business people in the tourism sector, in order to ensure dynamic, effective and successful leadership.

Trends: Analysing global trends in the sector and acquiring the perspectives and strategies required to become ethical leaders of global tourism organizations.

International Residential Program: MBA students have the option of taking an international residential program, at an additional cost, in:

- Tourism at Saxion (Holland),
- Finance at ESG UQAM (Montreal, Canada)
- Cross-Cultural Marketing at Kean University (NJ, USA) .
- Campus to Campus Program: Option of taking part of the program at - Ostelea’s Madrid campus, accommodation not included.

Reasons to take the MBA.

• Residential Programs
• Executive Skills
• Employability and Entrepreneurship
• Seminars

Value added benefits.

Executive Skills:

Management Experience: The MBA program developed with EAE Business School allows students work out the key competences for managing projects effectively, Soft Skills.

Business Game: The program applies a learning methodology based on business simulations, involving the challenge of understanding strategic planning through practice and execution within a context that is a highly realistic reflection of the real world

Series of meetings with executives from hotel and restaurant companies, and international tourism consultants.    

Program for developing executive competences: Tourism Skills Development Program (TSDP).

Case study method: The main learning methodology applied throughout the MBA program, which places participants in real business situations so that they have to analyse them and propose their own solutions.

Employability and Enterpreneurship:

International internships in companies such as Hilton, Tundra Hotels and Melia Hotels, among others learning tourism management.

Students who want to set up their own business have access to the Entrepreneur Project, offering advice and guidance.

Employability-focused tuition: Professional Careers programs, Employability Week, Employment Forum, Graduate Programs, among other initiatives (subject to demand).

Doing Business in Spain Seminar: Entrepreneurs in Spain share their insight into the key factors to take into account in order to be successful and competitive in the Spanish market.

Other Key features:

Seminars on Hospitality (Barcelona) and Sustainability (Madrid): 25 hours of tuition.

Language Seminars: students can choose between English and French (limited places: 30 hours of tuition/language.

Professional Careers and Opportunities.

The MBA in Tourism and Hospitality Management of Ostelea gives its students training designed to enhance employability opportunities such as: 

TSDP - Tourism Skills Developement Program.

An exclusive program where they will learn to develop their skills and abilities.

The TSDP consists of 55 teaching hours that includes:

• Management Skills
• Public relations
• Advanced Excel
• Turistic marketing
• Coaching
• (Limited places)

 

Itineraries.

Employability: 3 workshops focused on candidate selection and improvement processes.

Entrepreneurship: through the Entrepreneurs Project where they will receive advice Career.

Transition: 5 workshops to guide students about their professional future.

(To choose one)

Talent Tourism Week.

With the presence of relevant companies in the sector that will present their offers and then interview the students who are possible candidates.

Employment Forum.

Companies participate by publishing their offers online and interviewing our students.

Graduate Program.

Elaborated by multinational companies (Hilton, Mandarin Oriental, Hotusa ...), whose objective is to select the most suitable candidates.

Company Meetings.

Meetings between national and international companies, where students can learn the profiles most in demand in the sector.

Professional Opportunities that are most common on participant of the MBA in Tourism and Hospitality Management:

Hotel Director or Manager, or director of other types of tourism establishment.

• Operational Director or Manager of functional areas of tourism companies.
• Corporate Director in hotel/tourism companies in any of their functional areas.
• Director of companies operating in the tourism sector in general.
• Positions of responsibility in companies and public institutions in the sector.
• Positions in companies in sectors complementary to tourism, marketing and commercialization related to the hotel and tourism industry.
• Entrepreneur of ventures in or related to the tourism sector.
• Tourism and Hotel Consultant/Advisor.
  
  

Tuition Plan.

The training plan of the MBA is about five modules and it ends with the Master's thesis:

Global Environment and Markets.

• Socio-economic context and the tourism industry (6 ECTS).
• Tourism marketing and sales in global settings (6 ECTS).

Human Resources Management.

• Talent management in hospitality (6 ECTS).
• Executive skills for hospitality organizations (6 ECTS).

International Company Management.

• Financial management (6 ECTS).
• Management of ICTs and virtual business in hospitality (3 ECTS).
• Risk identification, management and prevention for hospitality (3 ECTS).

Company internationalization.

• Strategic global management in hospitality (6 ECTS).
• Company internationalization (6 ECTS).

International Company Management.

• Financial management (6 ECTS).
• Management of ICTs and virtual business in hospitality (3 ECTS).
• Risk identification, management and prevention for hospitality (3 ECTS).

Elective Courses.

• Accommodation management and Revenue & Yield Management (3 ECTS).
• Strategic Food & Beverage Management (3 ECTS).
• Sustainable Tourism Management (3 ECTS).
• Competitiveness and innovation in hospitality (3 ECTS).
• Operations in hospitality (ECTS).

Master's thesis.

The final project of this master will be the development of a general commercial plan or a partial plan based on developing a business plan. This plan must be developed arrount an already existing company or based in a new project if the alumn wants to be enterpreneur. The main objective here is that the student assumes all the knowledge acquired during the master an put them in a real situation.

Admission.

The admission process guarantees the suitability of the candidates, in this way all the participants will be able to take full advantage of this learning experience.

To start the admission process it is necessary to fill in the information request. From that moment Ostelea will contact the candidate to close an interview to which the following documentation must be submitted:

• University degree
• Curriculum Vitae
• Motivation letter
• Two Recommendation letters

After finishing the interview, the Admissions Committee will analyze case by case and communicate the resolution to the candidate to inform him of the status of his admission.

Certification.

The participant who successfully completes the program on the Barcelona campus will obtain TRIPLE CERTIFICATION:

• MBA in Hospitality & Tourism Management, by Ostelea | Tourism Management School (Own degree).
• MBA in Hospitality & Tourism Management, by EAE Business School (Own degree).
• MBA in Hospitality & Tourism, by Universidad de Lleida (Own degree) e intensificación en Hospitality & Tourism Management por Ostelea (Own degree).

Scholarships and Financial aid.

Ostelea offers candidates scholarships that consist of financial aid with the objective of supporting our students.

Each application will be studied independently, it will be granted during the admission process and it will be communicated personally by the Admissions Committee before the formalization of the registration.

Scholarships representing 100% of the total enrollment fee will not be awarded in any case.

The economic aid will be offered in the following cases:

• Advance reservation of place.
• Adequacy of the profile to the requirements of each program.
• Former students of the school. In this case, a 25% discount will be applied to the enrollment.