Thanks to the Hotel Management Specialization of the Official Master's Degree in Hotel and Food and Beverage Management you will obtain the necessary training to lead and manage hotel companies in the face of current changes.
At CETT-UB we are aware that the digital transformation, the 2030 agenda and its new environmental legislation, globalization or new trends in management are profoundly altering the foundations of companies and organizations in the hotel sector.
New opportunities are emerging for companies in the sector. Similarly, established hotel companies and organizations need new management profiles to adapt to this new context.
With our Master's degree in hotel management, you will be able to guide companies successfully to:
- Design the strategic objectives of organizations and tourism accommodation companies.
- Create hotel products and services in line with technological changes.
- Understand new customer typologies.
- Understand and overcome international competition.
- Adapt and reinvent the hotel sector in the face of crises such as COVID-19.
- Keep abreast of the latest trends in hotel management.
- Contribute to improving the balance between hotel companies and their environment.
- Discover more reasons to course this master.
We adapt to you and your personal and professional needs. We offer programs in two formats: one face-to-face, at the CETT Campus, and one Live Online, where you can follow the classes via live streaming from wherever you are.
*Students enrolled in the face-to-face mode may attend some classes in Live Online mode, provided they have a justified reason and give prior notice.
With the Live Online modality, you will be able to attend the live classes, connecting with your computer from wherever you want, through the online campus.
*Students enrolled in the Live Online mode may attend some face-to-face classes, provided they have a justified reason and give prior notice.
The Master's Degree has its own learning system in which you will be the center of the learning process. You will learn thanks to your active participation in the classroom through learning by doing and interaction among students, or own methodologies such as CBL and PBL.
Hotel Management is a specialization of the Official Master's Degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management. The two specialties of this master's degree can be taken in Spanish/Catalan and in English.
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The Specialization in Hotel Management of the Official Master's Degree in Hotel and Restaurant Management of the CETT-UB focuses on hotel business management's essential aspects. Thanks to Operations Management in Lodging, you will learn the operational dimension of the sector. Then you will deal with the strategic dimension, with subjects such as Marketing Management and Economic-Financial Management.
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The general objective of the Hotel Management specialty of the Official Master's Degree in Hotel and Food and Beverage Management is to give you the knowledge and tools to be able to:
- Design and implement commercial strategies for new business opportunities in the hotel sector.
- Coordinate and lead the commercial activity in hotel companies.
- Optimize economic, financial, and human resources.
- Evaluate investments and make decisions on new projects, managing and controlling the associated risks.
- Define the necessary policies in line with the strategic objectives of the project.
- Develop digital skills for business management.
- Identify, pose, or solve a problem in a relevant and creative way.
- Be business-oriented.
- Undertake innovative projects.
- Exercise leadership.
- Work in teams and multicultural environments.
- To have an ethical commitment.
In the first part, the Master's degree addresses the core subjects in the two specialties to lay the foundations of business management systems specific to the hotel and catering sector. In a second part, it allows specialization in business management through its two particular specialties:
This specialty focuses on understanding the world of catering from a business results-oriented perspective.
Learning takes place through a deep immersion in real cases of leading companies in the market, which provides a very accurate notion of the market and the current challenges.
Subjects such as Product and Service Innovation or Experience Management allow identifying customer needs in particular contexts. Other subjects such as Operations Management or Catering and Collectivities will teach you the latest technological tools to manage and make profitable gastronomic businesses or events.
Duration
The curriculum of the Official Master's Degree in Hotel and Catering Management has a duration of one academic year equivalent to one year.
Delivery of the Master's Capstone Project: The Master's Capstone Project delivery can be done in two exclusive calls (June or September)
The Hotel Management specialty is a program that responds to the tourism sector's need to attract and incorporate executive profiles. Executives with in-depth knowledge in management and business management to overcome the new dynamics of the accommodation sector.
It is aimed at all those who want to learn the latest techniques and trends or move up the career ladder. But at the same time, they need to improve their knowledge of the management, organization, and planning of accommodation businesses.
The Master's program focuses on four profiles:
Executives and professionals holding hotel management positions: The current context requires that professionals in the sector update their knowledge and professional skills. They must be up to date with the latest trends and tools in the hospitality sector.
Accommodation business owners and entrepreneurs: Entrepreneurs and owners who wish to learn the ins and outs of managing and running lodging businesses.
Entrepreneurs: People with initiative interested in undertaking and developing projects in this sector. They want to know the keys to success in the hotel business, understand its risks and deepen their business management knowledge and direction.
University graduates: People with a university degree and a minimum of two years of experience who want to improve their careers and expand their professional contacts in the hotel industry.
This specialization, with a practical and professional approach, will allow you to develop your career in the following areas of work:
- Public Administration
- Travel Services & Transport
- Hospitality
- Industry & Operations
- Marketing & Events
- Gastronomy & Restaurant
- Retail & Product
- Technology
- Museums, Institutions and Leisure
The main professional opportunities are:
As a CETT student, you will enjoy all the advantages that the center has to offer:
Access to the Resource Center for learning and research:
As a center affiliated with the University of Barcelona, we enjoy the advantages of being part of the most prestigious university in Spain: UB Libraries - UB Sports Services - We are UB Card
Discounts at the University of Barcelona School of Modern Languages. Besides, thanks to the University of Barcelona University Card, you will enjoy promotions on products and services such as opticians, restaurants, technology, pharmacies, accommodation, travel, leisure activities, among others.
CETT has different restaurant services, such as the Fòrum or the Aula Restaurant CETT. The Fòrum is a space that favors creativity and cultural exchange among students. It has a varied, healthy, seasonal gastronomic offer that adapts to the day's different times. It is also possible to eat at the Aula Restaurant CETT, an à la carte restaurant with the same characteristics as an authentic gastronomic restaurant.
Be part of the CETT Alumni community to be in contact with CETT's extensive alumni network.
At CETT we are committed to creating a learning context that consolidates our own training model, with high added value resources oriented to experience, experimentation, sharing and learning, in a unique Campus.
Our students have access to different multipurpose learning spaces: the Eidos Space, La Plaça, the Creativity and Innovation Space, the Computer Classrooms or the Reception Classroom, among others.
In addition, if you are an international student, you will also have access to the International Relations Office, which will help and advise you with the procedures you need.
Because we understand the challenge of living in an environment that is not your own, the CETT-UB Campus offers you the International Relations Office (IRO), as an area designed to provide guidance, advice, and attention to international students during the Master's programs.
Our International Relations team will give you the necessary information related to logistical aspects of life in Barcelona, such as residency registration, the processing of your foreign resident's identity number (NIE), or how to find accommodation in the city.
The IRO team will provide you with updated information on the necessary procedures to carry out once you are in the city. They will provide you with guidance on essential documents such as your foreign resident's identity number (NIE), the official census at the City Council, or your university student card.
If your native language is not Spanish, the IRO team will advise how and where to learn it. They will also tell you where to learn Catalan, facilitating your integration into the city's daily life. Besides, you will strengthen your Spanish through the certified courses offered by our Language Department at CETT-UB. On the other hand, if you want to practice any different language informally, you can participate for free in our language exchange program with CETT students.
CETT-UB is the only higher education center with a residence hall - Agora BCN, with affordable prices for the CETT student community. We also have our four-star hotel, Hotel Alimara, where you and your family and friends can enjoy advantages and discounts.
At CETT-UB, you have a team of expert professionals who will watch over your professional career from the moment you become part of our community.
We want you to be informed and prepared to achieve the professional goals you have set for yourself. With this motivation, you will find a team of people who will accompany you during the process in a personalized way.
Thanks to the collaboration of the main companies in the tourism sector, you will be able to know and put into practice the most useful tools to access and develop in the labor market.
The service we put at your disposal is based on three fundamental pillars:
In this way, we invite you to participate in a dynamic process adapted to your expectations that encompasses the following phases:
Definition of your professional milestones:
Design and elaboration of the main tools for the relationship with the labor market.
Personalized coaching
Networking and Dynamization of activities:
Job Center with exclusive access to:
In addition, Career Services will help you find and manage the curricular and extracurricular internships that best suit you.
For more information, visit the Career Services area, contact us by email at careerservices@cett.cat, or you can also visit us on the second floor of the Campus.
CETT-Alumni was born as the CETT-UB Alumni Association on March 1, 1994, as an initiative to offer a service to alumni, a space for personal and professional guidance, and a meeting point for experts in the tourism, gastronomy, and hospitality sector, with the CETT-UB as their common bond.
As an association of CETT-UB alumni, its primary mission is to promote the relationship between them, thus creating a network of professionals. Their shared link is to be CETT alumni.
The main objectives of CETT-Alumni are:
CETT-UB is the only university tourism center that has a student residence, the Ágora BCN International University Residence. As a student of any of our degrees you will enjoy exclusive discounts so you can stay here while you study. Ask us without obligation!
As part of our application companies we have our own four-star hotel, the Hotel Alimara. Located at the foot of the Collserola mountain range and within the CETT Campus itself, both you and your family members will be able to enjoy advantages and discounts.
