Certificate in Business Acumen (Hospitality)
Certificate in Business Acumen (Hospitality)
HSMAI, in partnership with Russell Partnership Technology, have developed a professional certification in business acumen to assist hoteliers in growing their professional skill set. To date, the CHBA (Certified in Hospitality Business Acumen) course content has met these criteria for hospitality professionals in over 40 countries.
Benefits for Individuals
The CHBA, a professional certification for hoteliers, proves your hospitality business acumen proficiency, grows your skill set, and helps you learn more about managing an entire operation. Completing the Certification in Hotel Business Acumen will prove to your employer and your colleagues that you’re committed to expanding and updating your knowledge, skill set and expertise.
Benefits for Accommodation Businesses
This five-week program includes online learning where the participants manage a virtual hotel using advanced simulation and Webinars. The program is completed entirely online.
Improve your properties’ performance with our globally recognized certification, the CHBA, for accommodation and hospitality professionals who are seeking to improve their proficiency in hospitality business acumen in all kinds of accommodation businesses.
- Individuals: study at your own pace OR
- Groups of 7 or more people: Instructor-led study over 5 weeks
- Be in the seat of the General Manager
- Manage your virtual hotel over a 12-month cycle
- Advanced Simulation system
- Solve real-life business problems
- Prove your Business Acumen skills
- Globally recognised, 40 countries
Modules
Topics covered in the Hotel Business Acumen Certification
- Targeting Business Priorities — Using financial statements to determine action.
- Managing Business Priorities — Using lodging metrics that matter.
- Leading Business Priorities — Communicating for results.
- Partnering in Owner Priorities — Partnering in ownership goals.
Assignments/Tests
All courses are tested by quizzes throughout the course.
What will I learn?
Topics covered in the Hotel Business Acumen Certification
- Targeting Business Priorities — Using financial statements to determine action.
- Managing Business Priorities — Using lodging metrics that matter.
- Leading Business Priorities — Communicating for results.
- Partnering in Owner Priorities — Partnering in ownership goals.
The program places participants in the role of a Hotel General Manager to make decisions on pricing, marketing & advertising, staffing, and capital investment in a live simulated competitive set of properties over a 12-month business cycle.
<P>People who have taken the hospitality certification have job titles like these.</p><br>
<ul>
<li>Managing Director</li>
<li>Asset Managers and Owner/ Operators</li>
<li>General Manager</li>
<li>Hotel Manager</li>
<li>Assistant Hotel/ Resort Manager</li>
<li>Vice President or Director of Sales</li>
<li>Director of Marketing</li>
<li>Operations Department Heads</li>
<li>Sales Manager</li>
<li>Convention Services Manager</li>
<li>Director of Revenue Management</li>
</ul>
<p>Be in the seat of the General Manager</p><br>
<p>Manage your virtual hotel over a 12-month cycle</p><br>
<p>online</p>
<P>Registration Fee: $695</p>
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The Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI)
About Us
The Hospitality Sales and Marketing Association International (HSMAI) is committed to growing business for hotels and their partners, and is the industry’s leading advocate for intelligent, sustainable hotel revenue growth. The association provides hotel professionals & their partners with tools, insights, and expertise to fuel sales, inspire marketing, and optimize revenue.
HSMAI Academy is the most comprehensive and ambitious initiative in the realm of education for hospitality sales, marketing, revenue management and leadership, entailing a range of course offerings and learning experiences online, face to face workshops, certifications and qualifications.
Our courses offer specialised content to help you fuel sales, inspire marketing, and optimise revenue. Every aspect of the content and support material included in HSMAI’s programs have been specifically designed and developed for those involved in hotel sales, marketing, and revenue management, including a wealth of subject matter appropriate to individuals with responsibilities ranging from entry-level to advanced.
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Highlights/Why us?
WHY SHOULD HOTELS CHOOSE HSMAI FOR TRAINING
- Created by hoteliers
- Online, Face-to-face and blended options
- Globally recognised certifications
- Non-profit means tailored for you
- Endorsed by industry leaders
- Short, interactive, online courses
- Workshops
Accreditation/ Recognition
Globally recognized, 40 countries