Bachelor of Business (International Hotel Management)

This is a three-year bachelor degree in international hotel management, taught by Le Cordon Bleu Australia. It sits in the hospitality management field and is built around the business side of running hotels, resorts and food and beverage operations. You study accounting, marketing, human resources, revenue management, food and beverage management, and rooms division operations. Later years move into international hotel operations, strategic management and a work-integrated learning component where you apply what you have learned in a real hospitality setting.

Australian bachelor degrees are normally three years of full-time study, and this one follows that structure. Teaching is organised into semesters or trimesters, depending on the campus, with each unit of study carrying a set number of credit points. You need to pass the required units and accumulate the credit points set out in the course rules to graduate. Many bachelor degrees include a capstone unit in the final year, and this course includes a professional placement or industry project that pulls the earlier units together.

Work-integrated learning matters in hotel management because employers hire on demonstrated operational and supervisory experience, not just transcripts. Placements usually happen in hotels, resorts or hospitality groups, and they count towards your degree. The skills you build are practical: reading a profit and loss statement for a hotel department, rostering staff, handling guest complaints, managing a budget, and understanding how food safety and liquor licensing rules work in Australia.

This degree suits school leavers and career changers who want to work in hotels, resorts, events or food and beverage management, in Australia or overseas. It also suits people already working in hospitality who want a formal qualification to move into supervisory or management roles. English proficiency is required for international applicants, typically IELTS Academic 6.0 to 6.5 overall for undergraduate study, with TOEFL iBT, PTE Academic, Cambridge C1 Advanced and the university's own English programmes accepted as equivalents. The Department of Home Affairs sets a separate English threshold for the Student visa itself. Tuition is published on the CRICOS register, and you should confirm current fees, intake dates and unit details on the official course page.

• Hotel or resort duty manager
• Front office supervisor
• Food and beverage manager
• Restaurant or outlet manager
• Revenue analyst or reservations manager
• Events and conference coordinator
• Guest relations manager
• Hotel operations trainee or management cadet

Australian employers in these roles include international hotel chains, boutique and resort properties, serviced apartment operators, clubs, catering companies, and event and venue management organisations. Graduates can also move into cruise lines, airlines and hospitality groups overseas.