Business and Tourism Management

Your ARU London lecturers all have first-hand experience of business and hospitality, so you can feel confident that the content of your degree is relevant to the demanding, constantly evolving world of business and tourism.

In your final year, you’ll undertake an Tourism and Events Live Project. This is an opportunity to combine your academic knowledge with experiences beyond the classroom, apply your skills and personal ideas, and develop transferable skills which can be applied in the workplace.

Throughout your studies, you’ll have access to tailored support from our Employability Service, designed to help you prepare for your future career. This includes workshops on CV writing, interview techniques, and career planning, as well as guest talks from industry professionals.

We work with several employers to offer part-time work in conjunction with our degrees.

On successful completion of your BSc (Hons) Business and Tourism Management degree, you might choose to move on to postgraduate studies, such as our Master of Business Administration – International.

First you'll focus on business sustainability, scope and organisational structure in the hospitality sector.

Explore the design, direction, and control of facilities, processes, and activities required to deliver quality service, and identify the importance of a business’s approach to long-term success from dedication to customer satisfaction. Look at performance contributions from human resources, operations scheduling, quality control, service supply relations, as well as economic concepts, accounting principles, and mathematics. Develop employability skills through learning methods such as critical thinking and group work.

You’ll identify how different customer service functions create and sustain advantages over the competition. Explore the role of HR management in the strategic planning and development of domestic and multinational organisations, as well as the role that marketing plays in implementing and controlling planning processes at domestic and international levels. Evaluate alternative approaches in marketing, looking at short- and long-term organisation and market demands. Apply theoretical business development concepts and models to hospitality practice, and examine the unique characteristics of its products and services.

Evaluate an organisation's situation, analysis, strategic alternatives, and implementation and evaluation of their strategic plan. Examine environmentally, economically and socio-culturally sustainable and ethical tourism, and assesses the possibilities and limitations for its implementation in a variety of settings. Develop an understanding of global factors that impact the industries, evaluating several topics through research, case studies and collaboration.

As a student at ARU London you'll have access to:

• over 30 lecture theatres ranging in size from those that can accommodate up to 200 students in a theatre-style seating arrangement, to others that are perfect for highly interactive seminars
• two interconnected buildings with libraries containing core texts, wider reading materials, printers, and computer labs. There are also multiple study pods and booths for group work or personal study.

You’ll be supported by:

• our Employability Service, helping you develop skills, knowledge, and experience through a range of extra-curricular sessions and career-focused support
• experienced wellbeing advisors and counsellors, offering assistance with mental, physical, medical, and/or learning conditions
• a mobile app giving you 24/7 access to learning resources, the e-library, and your timetable.