The skills you will learn on this course are applicable not just in hotel management, but to an entire industry of hospitality and tourism-related businesses, which cater to both leisure and business travellers of differing budgets. A qualification of this nature from a highly respected awarding body can open doors to exciting career opportunities in many different areas of hospitality, including restaurants, catering, resorts (golf, ski, beach, spa, etc.) airlines and cruise lines, events (sporting, cultural, concerts, exhibitions, etc.) conferences, banqueting, theme parks and attractions, and many more service-related industries as well.

The hospitality industry continues to grow; the World Travel Organization predicts that the hospitality industry will more than double in size by the year 2020, becoming one of the largest industries in the world. This growth will provide many employment opportunities for people with the right qualifications. The CTH Diploma in Hotel Management provides exactly the type of education and skills that the future managers of this industry require to succeed. Exciting job opportunities await in the dynamic and international hospitality industry.

The Diploma in Hotel Management aims to provide students with a broad understanding of the operational aspects of the international hotel industry, and a knowledge of the underlying principles involved. It seeks to combine sound theory and craft based learning. It aims at providing students with the appropriate operational skills for rooms division, reception, and food and beverage management along with developing a professional attitude for the hospitality industry.

This programme has been devised on the basis that students will attend a course of study of not less than 450 hours. Wider reading and private study will be required over and above this figure. Each of the modules has a two and a half hour examination, set and marked by CTH.

All the units will be assessed via a two and a half hour practical examination set and marked by CTH except Business Computing Unit. The examination will cover the whole of the assessment criteria in these units and will take the form of 10x2 mark questions and 5x4 mark questions in section A (40 marks). Section B will comprise of 5x20 mark questions of which candidates must select and answer three (60 marks).

The Business Computing unit`s assessment comprises of four compulsory questions. Candidates will complete this examination on a computer at the centre.

Full time/Part time (only EU citizens)

Confederation of Tourism and Hospitality (CTH)

Applicants must also satisfy at least one of following requirements for English proficiency:

The medium of instruction of applicant’s tertiary studies was in English;