Why choose the School of Accounting, Law and Sustainable Tourism
Our tourism courses are in the UK top 25 in their subject field for teaching quality (Times, 2026).
Situated close to industry-relevant employment opportunities with London Luton Airport on the doorstep as well as TUI, Easyjet, and leading hotel brands such as Hilton, Ibis and Marriott.
In the National Student Survey 2025, 90% of our tourism, transport and travel students were satisfied with how well the course developed knowledge and skills for the future.
About the course
This comprehensive course combines business and international tourism with a specialism in hospitality, preparing you for management roles in this rapidly growing sector. You unpack the complex nature of 21st-century tourism, while learning the ethics of managing a business, in a curriculum that covers cultural tourism, heritage management, marketing, international operations and sustainable development. There is also a focus on developing your practical skills, applying what you have learnt to real-life scenarios.
Facilities and specialist equipment
- Access to the Oracle Opera hospitality management programme, providing immersive simulation software
- Our simulation software ‘Simulate’ allows you to take control of your own airline and gain key insights into airline management
- You gain competencies in key digital skills such as Excel through SIMnet, our Microsoft Office training platform
- Excellent Learning Resources Centre with an extensive library, giving you access to a wide range of academic and industry knowledge including e-journals, e-books and information databases as well as traditional printed books
Your student experience
Take advantage of local industry-relevant employment opportunities such as London Luton Airport, TUI, EasyJet, Luton Hoo Hotel, and leading hotel brands such as Hilton, Ibis and Marriott.
Benefit from our Aviation Job Fair, attended by airlines and airports, providing opportunities to explore further employment or internships.
Attend talks from international tourism professionals from across the world, broadening your understanding of what is possible in the field. Recent speakers have had influential positions at EGL Tours, Enterprise Rent-a-car, London Luton Airport, Wizz Air, and the Cuban Tourist Board.
Field trips are organised in conjunction with the Student Union’s Tourism and Aviation Society and may include visits to London Luton Airport, TUI, Olympic Park and the World Travel Market.
with Professional Practice Year
This course has the option to be taken over four years which includes a year placement in industry. Undertaking a year in industry has many benefits. You gain practical experience and build your CV, as well as being a great opportunity to sample a profession and network with potential future employers.
There is no tuition fee for the placement year enabling you to gain an extra year of experience for free.
*Only available to UK/EU students.
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with Foundation Year
A Degree with a Foundation Year gives you guaranteed entry to an Undergraduate course.
Whether you’re returning to learning and require additional help and support to up-skill, or if you didn’t quite meet the grades to pursue an Undergraduate course, our Degrees with Foundation Year provide a fantastic entry route for you to work towards a degree level qualification.
With our guidance and support you’ll get up to speed within one year, and will be ready to seamlessly progress on to undergraduate study at Bedfordshire.
The Foundation Year provides an opportunity to build up your academic writing skills and numeracy, and will also cover a range of subject specific content to fully prepare you for entry to an Undergraduate degree.
This is an integrated four-year degree, with the foundation year as a key part of the course. You will need to successfully complete the Foundation Year to progress on to the first year of your bachelor’s degree.
Why study a degree with a Foundation Year?
- Broad-based yet enough depth to give you credible vocational skills
- Coverage of a variety of areas typically delivered by an expert in this area
- Gain an understanding of a subject before choosing which route you wish to specialise in
- Great introduction to further study, and guaranteed progression on to one of our Undergraduate degrees
The degrees offering a Foundation Year provide excellent preparation for your future studies.
During your Foundation Year you will get the opportunity to talk to tutors about your degree study and future career aspirations, and receive guidance on the most appropriate Undergraduate course to help you achieve this; providing you meet the entry requirements and pass the Foundation Year.
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Course Leader - Lorraine Davenport
I have been lucky enough to spend my working lifetime either in the travel and tourism industry or in an educational environment sharing my passion of the industry with my students.
Tourism, hospitality and events are ever changing and I have enjoyed roles in companies from the largest such as TUI, both overseas and in the UK, to running my own hospitality business as an entrepreneur.
Course Leader - Lorraine Davenport
I have been lucky enough to spend my working lifetime either in the travel and tourism industry or in an educational environment sharing my passion of the industry with my students.
Tourism, hospitality and events are ever changing and I have enjoyed roles in companies from the largest such as TUI, both overseas and in the UK, to running my own hospitality business as an entrepreneur.
Course Leader - Lorraine Davenport
I have been lucky enough to spend my working lifetime either in the travel and tourism industry or in an educational environment sharing my passion of the industry with my students.
Tourism, hospitality and events are ever changing and I have enjoyed roles in companies from the largest such as TUI, both overseas and in the UK, to running my own hospitality business as an entrepreneur.
Year 1
Applied numeracy for business – Develop key numeracy skills vital to your future employability. Beginning your professional business journey – Take on business challenges and collaborate with peers in a professional environment. Sustainable business in tourism and hospitality – Demonstrate the ability to work effectively with others to recognise sustainability issues and challenges within the tourism and hospitality industries. Managing people in tourism and aviation – Learn people-managing skills in the commercial tourism and aviation industries.
Year 2
International hospitality operations – Analyse and explore hospitality operations in a multicultural context. Managing service in the hospitality sector – Consider the impact of service quality and its importance to the high-quality performance of an organisation. Cultural tourism and heritage management – Understand the interplay between cultural tourism and heritage management, and how these concepts can complement and conflict with each other. Marketing and digital transformation in travel and tourism – Understand the key principles of marketing, with a focus on the benefits and threats of the on-going digital transformation of marketing.
You also have a choice of five optional modules:
- Strategic business planning
- Employment law
- Data and research methods for business
- Contingency planning and crisis management
- Managing the experience economy
Year 3
Contemporary issues in the hospitality industry – Build your understanding of critical issues within hospitality, including the role of international hospitality on people, populations and places. Hospitality management in practice – Focus on your professional and personal development while building your skills in motivating others, decision making, managing conflict and 'people reading'. Managing sustainable destinations - Explore the complex global relationship between sustainability, development and a destination. Business project – Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the research process, critically analysing data and using it to produce an evidence-based business project.
You also have a choice of three optional modules:
- Ethics and corporate social responsibility for business
- Management and leadership
- Entrepreneurship and business excellence.
For an at-a-glance list of modules for this course, download the course specification.
In line with the Business School's commitment to practice-based education a large part of the assessment will relate to your demonstration of your ability to synthesise class room learning with real life scenarios within the international tourism and hospitality industry. We will want to see that you understand the theory and have developed critical thinking skills which help you evaluate the relevance of what you have learned. To assess this range of integration of theory and skills into sound practice we use a range of methods. You will be expected to complete one or two assessments per unit which depends on the number of credits allocated to the unit. You will encounter many different kinds of assessment methods for example: written exams written assignments portfolios reports individual or group oral presentations and practical skills assessment. All of which will enable you to gain valuable experience to use within the workplace.
Careers
This course can open up a wide range of career paths in the tourism and hospitality industry to suit your particular interest including tourism officer; tour operator; business and conference organiser; customer service manager; accommodation or hotel manager; tour manager; tourist information centre manager; and travel agency manager.
You can also progress to further study at postgraduate level with Bedfordshire’s MSc International Tourism Planning and Management.
Entry Requirements
Entry Requirements
Entry Requirements
Fees for this course
UK
The full-time standard undergraduate tuition fee for the Academic Year 2026/27 is £9,790 per year. You can apply for a loan from the Government to help pay for your tuition fees. You can also apply for a maintenance loan from the Government to help cover your living costs. See
Excellence Scholarships
Worth £2,500 per year of study over three years when you score a defined number of UCAS tariff points from specified qualifications*
» If you don’t qualify for an Excellence Scholarship but have 120 UCAS tariff points, you have enough points for one of our Achievement Scholarships offering £500 per year of study**
» Other scholarships, bursaries and financial support packages are available
* Points requirements vary depending on type of qualification.
** Threshold is 120 UCAS tariff points across all awarding bodies and qualifications.
International
The full-time standard undergraduate tuition fee for the academic year 2025/26 is £16,900 per year.
There are range of Scholarships available to help support you through your studies with us.
A full list of scholarships can be found here.
Fees for this course
UK
The full-time standard undergraduate tuition fee for the Academic Year 2026/27 is £9,790 per year. You can apply for a loan from the Government to help pay for your tuition fees. You can also apply for a maintenance loan from the Government to help cover your living costs. See
Excellence Scholarships
Worth £2,500 per year of study over three years when you score a defined number of UCAS tariff points from specified qualifications*
» If you don’t qualify for an Excellence Scholarship but have 120 UCAS tariff points, you have enough points for one of our Achievement Scholarships offering £500 per year of study**
» Other scholarships, bursaries and financial support packages are available
* Points requirements vary depending on type of qualification.
** Threshold is 120 UCAS tariff points across all awarding bodies and qualifications.
International
The full-time standard undergraduate tuition fee for the academic year 2025/26 is £16,900 per year.
There are range of Scholarships available to help support you through your studies with us.
A full list of scholarships can be found here.
Fees for this course
UK
The full-time standard undergraduate tuition fee for the Academic Year 2026/27 is £9,790 per year. You can apply for a loan from the Government to help pay for your tuition fees. You can also apply for a maintenance loan from the Government to help cover your living costs. See
Excellence Scholarships
Worth £2,500 per year of study over three years when you score a defined number of UCAS tariff points from specified qualifications*
» If you don’t qualify for an Excellence Scholarship but have 120 UCAS tariff points, you have enough points for one of our Achievement Scholarships offering £500 per year of study**
» Other scholarships, bursaries and financial support packages are available
* Points requirements vary depending on type of qualification.
** Threshold is 120 UCAS tariff points across all awarding bodies and qualifications.
International
The full-time standard undergraduate tuition fee for the academic year 2025/26 is £16,900 per year.
There are range of Scholarships available to help support you through your studies with us.
A full list of scholarships can be found here.
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