Students who study international hotel management develop administrative, operational and managerial expertise. In order to strengthen their business leadership skills, students learn through classroom lectures as well as hands-on experiences such as internships and field trips.

The PhD is a doctoral degree, specifically called a "doctor of philosophy" degree. This is misleading because PhD holders are not necessarily philosophers (unless they earned their degree in philosophy!). That said, PhD recipients are able to engage in thought experiments, reason about problems, and solve problems in sophisticated ways.