Hospitality Management
Hospitality Management
This program provides students with the skills, knowledge, and experience needed to manage ventures and careers in the global hospitality industry and related service sector. Students will have the opportunity to deepen their knowledge through studies and develop operational skills through real-life experiences in the field of Hospitality Management, with Year 2 specialization options for gaining competitive management skills related to hospitality, special events, real estate and facilities, and spas.
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All students follow the same core curriculum in Year 1. From Year 2, you can choose one of four concentrations to specialize in.
Hospitality Management Reception Professional (Armenia)
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Special Event Management (Florence)
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Spa Management (Florence)
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Real Estate and Facilities Management (Florence)
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Year 1
(Common Core)
Year 2
Concentrations
Hospitality Management - Reception Professional (Armenia)

Program Outcomes

The specialization in Hospitality Management - Reception Professional (WACS) focuses on developing:

  • Understanding of the hospitality industry
  • Marketing and management of local and global hospitality businesses, food and wine sectors in hospitality
  • Social and cultural aspects of the Italian hospitality industry

Career Opportunities

Management positions in hospitality, hotel, and restaurant-based organizations. The second year of the program is recognized by WACS for the Reception Professional qualification level.


*This concentration will be available in Armenia

Special Event Management
(Florence)

Program Outcomes

The specialization in Special Event Management focuses on:

  • Developing knowledge of special event management and operations
  • Understanding major event industry segments
  • Designing and staging diverse event categories including sports, MICE, corporate, and ceremony-related events

Career Opportunities

Management in all segments of the hospitality event industry including event manager, conference center manager, and event consultant positions.


*This concentration is available exclusively in Florence

Spa Management
(Florence)

Program Outcomes

The specialization in Spa Management focuses on:

  • Gaining an overview of the wellness tourism sector
  • Becoming familiar with spa management operations including finance, human resources, marketing, products, treatments, equipment, and spa business development

Career Opportunities

  • Management positions in all wellness tourism industry segments including spa management, spa operations, spa therapy, and wellness consulting.

*This concentration is available exclusively in Florence

Real Estate and Facilities Management (Florence)

Program Outcomes

The specialization in Real Estate and Facilities Management focuses on:

  • Principles of real estate and facilities management
  • Professional property management
  • Methods of real estate valuation
  • Urban policy and planning in global housing markets

Career Opportunities

Management positions in real estate and property industry related to real estate valuation, housing market analysis, property management, and facilities supervision.


*This concentration is available exclusively in Florence

ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Fall Term
03.09.2025 - 11.12.2025
Spring Term
07.01.2026 - 07.05.2026