Introduction
Next intake: March 2021
1 year
Full-time
Remote study options available
Choice of Specializations
Consultancy project
Campus: Switzerland
Taught exclusively on our Crans-Montana campus, this is our flagship graduate program. In one intensive year, you will set yourself up for a senior managerial position. Includes two field trips, a choice of two career-focused specializations in your second semester, plus a real-world Consultancy Project with a leading hospitality brand.
Academic content
Hospitality Immersion Program (HIP): Essential grounding in the fundamentals of hospitality. Optional, designed for students without a hospitality degree/relevant experience, but recommended for all.
Semester 1: Includes personal development and leadership skills, managing complex organizations, financial analysis, strategic marketing, consumer behavior and insights, hospitality economics, and advanced management topics, plus first international field trip.
Semester 2: Includes business strategies and performance monitoring, corporate finance, data analytics and decision making, sustainability and CSR in hospitlity, plus second international field trip.
Choice of specializations:
Advanced Revenue and Performance Management
Hospitality Entrepreneurship and Business Development
Each specialization includes a bespoke Consultancy Project.
Field Trips
Les Roches MBA students enjoy two immersive business field trips*.
You’ll witness first-hand how world-class brands make hospitality magic happen in global cities.
Each trip has a carefully curated program of exclusive luxury hotel visits, meetings with top professionals, and social/networking events.
Your knowledge, and network, will be transformed.
*The exact location will be decided according to the current global situation
"Interacting with accomplished industry leaders, from property-level heads of departments to regional heads, makes it a humbling experience for each of us." Radhika Mathur, MBA student
Specializations & Business Consultancy project
In your second semester of study, you can choose one of two specializations:
Advanced Revenue and Performance Management
Hospitality Entrepreneurship and Business Development
These advanced topics have been created with your future career in mind. Each specialization incorporates our unique Consultancy Project, giving you the opportunity to devise solutions to real-life business challenges directly related to your specialization. It’s not a case study; it’s a real consultancy for real companies.
Previous clients have included: Beau-Rivage Palace Lausanne, Hotel d’Angleterre, Clinique La Prairie, Accor Hotels, Rocco Forte Hotels, Peninsula Hotels, and New York Times.
“I thoroughly enjoyed working with MBA students at Les Roches. I am excited to use their final presentation and project to push Hatchify forward as a new business.” Irene Forte, Rocco Forte Hotels
Career Building and Networking
As an MBA student, you will have access to expert career counselors to guide and support you as you pursue your hospitality ambitions.
Your Consultancy Project guarantees exceptional industry exposure.
And around 200 of the biggest brands in hospitality, luxury, finance, and retail come to our campuses every year - in person or virtually - to find their future leaders.
Admission information
Next intake dates: March 2021, September 2021
Minimum age: 23
Education: A copy of academic credentials (Degree, final official transcript for the full degree program). The school accepts documents in English, or one of the Swiss national languages, i.e. French, German and Italian. If not, an official notarized translation in English will be required. Postgraduate Diploma applications from non-degree holders with extensive documented work experience will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Non-degree holders may qualify for a Professional Development Diploma, not a Postgraduate Diploma.
Work experience: Ideally two years of relevant work experience.
English level: Must be proficient in English for higher education studies. English language exam scores (issued in the last 12 months) are required from candidates who are not native English speakers, or who have not spent the last two years in full-time English education.
Remote study options
March 2021 intake
In response to the current circumstances, we have introduced three ‘a la carte’ study options to help you keep your education on track. They are:
100% face-to-face on campus
Study remotely until you are ready/able to join us on campus – with seamless integration to curriculum
100% remote learning at home
