Innovative Hospitality Management MSc – (M.Sc.)

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The master in hospitality program 'Innovative Hospitality Management' is a one-year master course. The first part of the hospitality master takes place in Barcelona, Spain; the second program segment is offered at the Hotel Management School Maastricht in the Netherlands, while work placement can take you anywhere in the world. Besides the specific modules taught at each university, several subjects (like the leadership competencies) will continue throughout the year, regardless of your location.

Module 1: Leadership Development Program Competencies (total 10 ECTS).

These are continuous modules, held both in Barcelona and Maastricht (September-April):

Specific topics include:

* Personal Development Program
* Cross-Cultural Issues
* Communication Skills

Module 2: Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Hospitality (total 15 ECTS).

These are Barcelona specific modules (September-December):

* Redefining the Hospitality Experience (5 ECTS)
* Innovation Management in Hospitality (5 ECTS)
* Entrepreneurship and Intrapreneurship in the Services Industry (5 ECTS)

Specific topics include:
* Case studies
* Educational trip to Mallorca
* Business game
* Trendwatching
* Technical visits

Module 3: International Hospitality Management (total 15 ECTS).

These are Maastricht specific modules of the master in hospitality (January-April):

* International Strategic Management (5 ECTS)
* International Marketing Management (5 ECTS)
* International Financial Management (5 ECTS)

Specific topics include:

* Doing business in Europe
* Recent developments in the world of hospitality and tourism
* Real estate, interior design and maintenance
* Communication and corporate culture
* Educational trip to Oxford

Module 4 In-company Project/International Work Placement (April-September):

The final stage of the hospitality master program is dedicated to increasing and enhancing work experience and research skills. TSI-Tourism Sant Ignasi and the Hotel Management School Maastricht share an impressive network of international corporate contacts. The universities will collaborate in finding an internship in a hotel, tourist organization, consultancy or tourism related company. This internship, which may take place in Spain, the Netherlands, in other European countries or even in Asia (visa regulations permitting), has a minimum duration of 18 weeks. However, some companies offer longer internships, which may even continue after students finish the hospitality master program. This experience provides students with an excellent insight into current concerns of hospitality companies and helps the industry finding creative and innovative solutions.

Through the research projects, we pursue a win-win situation for hospitality companies and for our students, while at the same time it enables the Universities to keep the program up-to-date and connected to the professional reality of the hospitality sector. Furthermore, depending on the student’s performance and on his/her interests, the company could consider taking the student over as an associate of the company after the internship.
Examples of research projects are: a feasibility study for the expansion of a hotel; a marketing plan for a hotel brand; evaluating or re-designing a HR policy; implementing a quality system; customer relationship best practices; developing a new hospitality concept for an existing property; benchmark studies; etc.