Study from the world's busiest hotel market
Fully online, no visa, no career break. Dubai alone held 154,264 rooms across 827 establishments in 2025, and you can study from any of the emirates.
MBA · MBA
MBA in Hospitality & Tourism Management
Nineteen and a half million visitors came to Dubai in 2025, and the Gulf hotel pipeline keeps growing behind them. This 16-month online MBA from Rushford Business School puts the management qualification behind the people running all of it.
Quick Highlights
Rushford Business School
16 months online
90 ECTS
Evening classes
Capstone project
Scholarship available
Programme at a Glance
Degree AwardMBA
Awarding UniversityRushford Business School, Switzerland
Duration16 months
AssessmentsAssignments, projects and a capstone
Study ModeOnline, evenings and weekends
Credits90 ECTS across the full course load
Note: Duration will be based on your experience and it can be advanced bachelors too which differs from prospects to prospects
Programme Overview
About this Programme
Hospitality looks effortless from the guest's side of the desk. Behind it sits operations, law, destination strategy, events, sustainability, and increasingly technology. This MBA covers the whole back of house: the Rushford management core first, then a specialisation running from hotel management fundamentals through tourism operations, environment and law, to event management and destination strategy.
It runs around working lives, including the double shifts. Courses last two to three weeks, classes sit in the evenings, and the capstone can take a live question from your property or destination: an occupancy problem, an event concept, a guest experience gap. In the busiest tourism market in the region, material will not be the issue.
Rushford Business School, Switzerland, signs the certificate. The occupancy numbers you move afterwards are yours, and your general manager will notice.
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Why Choose
Why Choose This Programme?
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The job keeps paying while you study
Evenings, short courses, online delivery. The industry's shift patterns were part of the design.
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You are studying inside a record market
Dubai welcomed 19.59 million international visitors in 2025 with occupancy above 80%. The demand for trained managers is visible from any hotel lobby.
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Law and sustainability are in the syllabus
Tourism law, tourism and the environment, sustainable tourism. The subjects that separate operators from leaders in a regulated, exposed industry.
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The award is the full Swiss degree
The complete course load with a capstone, 90 ECTS total, certificate from Rushford Business School, Switzerland.
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Pay monthly in dirhams
Interest-free AED instalments, schedule agreed in writing before term one.
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Support in the region
A named success coach for the degree, and advisors in Sharjah you can visit or message.
An internationally recognised pathway awarded by Rushford Business School .
What You'll Learn
Learning Outcomes
Run hospitality operations end to end, from rooms to F&B
Manage hotels with the fundamentals explicit, not inherited
Plan tourism offers with the environment and the law in view
Handle tourist management strategy at property and destination level
Organise events that survive contact with the actual day
Apply technology where it improves the guest experience and ignore it where it does not
Build sustainable tourism propositions that hold up commercially
Deliver a capstone on a live hospitality or tourism problem
Career Opportunities
Where This Degree Can Take You
Hospitality Manager
Food and Beverage Manager
Customer Service Manager
General Manager
Front Office Manager
Travel Manager
Event Planning Manager
Tourism Marketing Manager
Hospitality Consultant
Destination Marketing Executive
Programme Structure
Your Journey, Year by Year
A structured curriculum that builds from foundations through to advanced study.
Management foundations
Four stages: management foundations, the business core, the hospitality and tourism specialisation, and a capstone on a live industry question.
- Managerial Economics
- Managerial Skills
- Accounting for Financial Reporting
- Accounting for Managerial Decisions
- Business Analytics
- Financial Management
Business core
- Operations Management: Productivity & Quality
- International Business Environment
- Leadership and Managing Human Capital
- Marketing Management
- Financial Statement Analysis
- Corporate Social Responsibility, Ethics & Law
- Strategic Management: Integrating the Enterprise
The hospitality and tourism specialisation
- Tourism and Hospitality Operations Management
- Hotel Management Fundamentals
- Tourism and the Environment
- Tourist Management Strategies
- Tourism, Hospitality, and Law
- Event Management
- Electives from
The capstone
- Capstone Project on a live hospitality or tourism challenge
RBS
The University
Rushford Business School
At Rushford Business School you will receive a first-class business education from world- leading, cutting edge academics that have different points of view. They will challenge your thinking as they show you the world of business from alternative perspectives.
Our undergraduate and graduate degree programs cover a wide range of business-related fields, including accounting, finance, marketing, and management.
Rushford Business School operates in Switzerland as per the applicable regulatory framework for private education institutions and is approved by the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.
Your Learning Partner
Why Study Through Maverick?
Students receive:
Dedicated academic support
Support designed to help you succeed at every stage.
Flexible learning
Support designed to help you succeed at every stage.
Assignment support
Support designed to help you succeed at every stage.
Affordable instalments
Support designed to help you succeed at every stage.
Career guidance
Support designed to help you succeed at every stage.
Documentation assistance
Support designed to help you succeed at every stage.
Why GCC Students Choose This Programme
The visitor numbers keep setting records
The Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism reports 19.59 million international overnight visitors in 2025, up 5% year on year, with average occupancy at 80.7%. Three record years running.
Revenue management is getting serious
Average daily rates in Dubai reached AED 579 in 2025, and RevPAR crossed AED 460. Numbers like that attract professionally trained management.
The events calendar never stops
Between exhibitions, sport, and entertainment, Gulf destinations run a year-round events economy that needs planners with formal training.
Sustainability is becoming a procurement question
Sustainable tourism electives match where Gulf mega projects and hotel groups are heading, with green credentials increasingly written into contracts.
The capstone can be your property's problem
Take the final project from your own operation and graduate with a deliverable your general manager has already seen.
Honest take
hospitality promotes on results more than credentials, so treat the capstone as the piece of this degree that carries your promotion case. The certificate opens the interview; the project wins it.
Our Network
Diverse Alumni
Join professionals across leading organizations worldwide
Graduates placing at world-class organisations across aviation, energy, finance and government
Join our growing global network of industry leaders
Faculty Voice
Insights From Industry Experts
Real-world perspectives from the minds shaping global business education
Germany
Faculty Insight • 01
Prof. Alexander Schmidt
Alexander is a leader in AI and cloud integration, specializing in ethical AI strategy and financial services. He develops courses on Machine Learning, NLP, and AI ethics, driving tech business growth.
British
Faculty Insight • 02
Prof. Dr. David Mark Holliman
Dr. David Holliman, an educator with 15+ years of experience, is Chairman of Holliman Holdings, managing business operations in tourism, trading, asset management, and education
Jordan
Faculty Insight • 03
Prof. Dr. Othman Abu Khurma
Dr. Othman Abu Khurma, a passionate science educator with 18 years' experience in Jordan and the GCC, excels in designing engaging teaching materials, fostering dynamic discussions, enhancing learning for educators and students.
Switzerland
Faculty Insight • 04
Prof. Steve Alban Tineo
Prof. Steve, a global leader and entrepreneur with 20+ years of experience, delivers corporate training and academic courses on negotiation, conflict resolution, mediation, and cross-cultural communication.
slovakia
Faculty Insight • 05
Prof. Veronika Knight
Veronika Knight delivers practical, human-centered learning experiences for corporate teams across the UAE and GCC. Her approach focuses on developing soft skills and encouraging meaningful behavioural change, helping learners apply their knowledge with confidence in the workplace.
Canada
Faculty Insight • 06
Shyma Mohaisen
Shyma brings over 10 years of teaching experience and a background at Microsoft, combining academic expertise with practical industry insights to support learners’ professional growth.
India
Faculty Insight • 07
Prof. Dr. Shanmugan Joghee
Dr. Shanmugan brings over 26 years of experience in management education and research across India and the UAE, with expertise in marketing, international business, research methods, and digital transformation.
Ukrainian
Faculty Insight • 08
Prof. Yana Nikitina
Prof. Yana Nikitina is an accomplished economist, lecturer, and researcher with a PhD in Economics and a Master’s in Education Leadership. She brings extensive experience in teaching Economics, Finance, Accounting, and Business, with a strong commitment to student-centred learning, research excellence, and professional development.
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