December 2025
Volume 26, Issue 5
Newsletter of School of Hotel & Tourism Management
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Learn at Any Time and Anywhere with the MicroMasters in International Hospitality Management
The SHTM's MicroMasters in International Hospitality Management, a unique and highly successful master's programme offered on the world-renowned edX online learning platform, continues to attract learners from across the globe. The programme enables students to learn through a blend of strategic perspectives, pragmatic implementation, problem identification and decision-making, and is supported by interdisciplinary theory and management applications.

This popular online programme covers four key areas of management in the hospitality and tourism industry: managing human resources, marketing management, managing innovation and technology, and luxury management.

The 2026 schedule is as follows:

Schedule Course Start Date End Date
Spring cohort
HTM534x Managing Marketing in the Hospitality and Tourism Industry 9 Jan 2026 2 Apr 2026
HTM541x Luxury Management
Summer cohort
HTM533x Managing Human Resources in the Hospitality and Tourism Industry 8 May 2026 30 Jul 2026
HTM540x Innovation and Technology Management in Tourism and Hospitality
Autumn cohort
HTM534x Managing Marketing in the Hospitality and Tourism Industry 4 Sep 2026 6 Nov 2026
HTM541x Luxury Management
 
All course materials are free and accessible at any time and anywhere. Learners can choose between free access or a paid track with premium content and verified certificates. Completing the full credentials makes learners eligible to transfer credits to one of the six flagship master's degrees at the SHTM:
For more details and enrolment information, please visit this page.



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