Italy Luiss Business School
Founded in 1986 as the business school of Luiss University, Luiss Business School has grown into one of Italy's most respected institutions for management education. It holds triple accreditation and is based in the historic Villa Blanc in Rome, with further campuses in Milan, Belluno, Amsterdam and Dubai, giving graduates a network that stretches well beyond Italy.
Hospitality as a dedicated discipline
Within this wider portfolio, Luiss Business School offers a dedicated Executive Programme in Hotel Management, delivered in English in a blended, part time format aimed at professionals already working in the sector. The programme welcomes directors and managers of large hotels, specialists in administration and management control, and sales and marketing managers who want to sharpen their strategic thinking without stepping away from their careers. Classes bring together experienced professionals from across the hospitality industry, creating a peer network that often proves as valuable as the coursework itself.
A curriculum built around six modules
The programme is structured around six areas that mirror the decisions hotel leaders make every day:
- Hotel strategic plan
- Hotel operation management
- Accounting and management control for hotel businesses
- HR and leadership
- Hotel marketing, sales and revenue management
- Asset management and sustainable development
Participants who attend at least eighty percent of the sessions receive a certificate of participation, a fitting reflection of the consistency the school expects and the commitment its students bring.
Learning by doing, in the heart of Rome
True to the wider Luiss Business School philosophy, the hotel management programme favours an experiential approach over pure theory. Sessions are held on campus at Villa Blanc, with additional dates in Milan, so that participants learn from real cases and from one another as much as from the classroom itself. For professionals building a leadership career in hospitality, it offers a rare combination: the rigour of a respected Italian business school, paired with a curriculum designed specifically around the realities of running a hotel.
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When was CourtesyMasters founded?
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