State-certified Business Administrator for the Hotel and Catering Industry

Anyone who has trained in hospitality and spent a few years working in the sector will know that certain management positions in the hotel and catering trades require indepth business training and the right qualifications. This is particularly relevant to you if you have set your career sights on a management position or self-employment.
To provide you with the required training without interrupting your working life, we have developed an online business administration programme for state-certified business administrators. The course is structured to allow you to achieve your qualification alongside your day job via a mainly home-based programme of distance learning and online conferences led by expert tutors. After successfully completing the course you will be a state-certified business administrator and ready to take up a leadership role in a large number of careers at home and abroad, just like the trainees in the full-time course.

The key to success ...
• Add business thinking and skills to your existing practical experience
• Combine theory and practice to solve sector-oriented tasks
• Link working life and the acquisition of a state-recognised qualification
• Acquire and improve foreign language skills
• The only training programme in Germany leading to a state-certified
qualification in hotel management
• Retain your mobility and flexibility

Wide range of job opportunities in ...
• Hotels and resorts
• Restaurants
• Event agencies
• Operation of restaurant chains and catering firms
• Companies in the tourism industry, such as travel firms offering cruises
• Health spas and resorts
• Service companies in other sectors

• Completed formal training in a relevant profession* and at least 6 months of practical professional experience; alternatively, another professional qualification plus 2.5 years experience in the hospitality industry
• Foreign language skills (English)
• Organisational skills, resilience
• Self-discipline
• Mobility
• Good PC and Internet skills

• General business administration
• Management, HR, marketing
• Hospitality and tourism law
• F&B, hotel organisation, catering and event management
• English and French
• Communications
• Drawing up a business plan
• Organisation and presentation of an event project

The content of the training programme is spread over 6 semesters plus one
examinations semester. It is carried out in a combination of attended classes,
telecoaching and self-learning phases.

Please contact us to arrange an appointment if you would like to find out more. We would be happy to discuss our course structure and content in detail with you.

You can apply using the convenient online application form. Of course, you can also apply with a traditional written application. In either case, please include your curriculum vitae, your chamber of commerce and vocational school certificates or appropriate proofs of employment as well as proofs of placements and/or work experience.

Monthly course fee €290.00/month

The course fees include:
• Participation in attended classes and online conferences
• Working guidelines for the modules
• Use of the intranet