OTHM Level 7 Diploma in Tourism and Hospitality Management Assignment Briefs 2026

TABLE OF CONTENTS

QUALIFICATION OBJECTIVES
QUALITY, STANDARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
REGULATORY INFORMATION
EQUIVALENCES
QUALIFICATION STRUCTURE
DEFINITIONS
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
PROGRESSION
DELIVERY OF OTHM QUALIFICATIONS
ASSESSMENT AND VERIFICATION
RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING AND ACHIEVEMENT
EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY
UNIT SPECIFICATIONS
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING
DESTINATION MANAGEMENT
TOURISM POLICY AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
DIGITAL TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY
ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR IN TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY
ADVANCED RESEARCH METHODS
IMPORTANT NOTE

QUALIFICATION OBJECTIVES

The objective of the OTHM Level 7 Diploma in Tourism and Hospitality Management qualification is to provide tourism and hospitality industry professionals with the specialist knowledge needed to advance their careers, or for graduates entering the tourism and hospitality industry to gain the skills needed to manage business operations. 

The qualification provides learners with a contemporary, critical, and international programme that supports their development as managers with a lifelong-learning orientation.

The qualification enables learners to analyse complex management problems and to apply and adapt specialist skills and technical terminology to propose solutions to these problems, informed by best practice and contemporary research.

Successful completion of this qualification will enable learners to progress into or within employment and/or continue their study towards a relevant Master’s programme with advanced standing.

QUALITY, STANDARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

OTHM Qualifications are approved and regulated by Ofqual (Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation). Visit the  Register of  Regulated Qualifications .
OTHM has progression arrangements with several UK universities that acknowledge the ability of learners after studying Level 3-7 qualifications to be considered for advanced entry into corresponding degree year/top up and Master’s/top-up programmes.

QUALIFICATION STRUCTURE

The OTHM Level 7 Diploma in Tourism and Hospitality Management consists of 6 mandatory units for a combined total of 120 credits, 1200 hours Total Qualification Time (TQT) and 600 Guided Learning Hours (GLH) for the completed qualification.

DELIVERY OF OTHM QUALIFICATION

OTHM do not specify the mode of delivery for its qualifications, therefore OTHM Centres are free to deliver this qualification using any mode of delivery that meets the needs of their Learners. However, OTHM Centres should consider the Learners’ complete learning experience when designing the delivery of programmes.
OTHM Centres must ensure that the chosen mode of delivery does not unlawfully or unfairly discriminate, whether directly or indirectly, and that equality of opportunity is promoted. Where it is reasonable and practicable to do so, it will take steps to address identified inequalities or barriers that may arise.
Guided Learning Hours (GLH) which are listed in each unit gives the Centres the number of hours of teacher-supervised or direct study time likely to be required to teach that unit.

ASSESSMENT AND VERIFICATION

All units within this qualification are internally assessed by the centre and externally verified by OTHM. The qualifications are criterion referenced, based on the achievement of all the specified learning outcomes. 
To achieve a ‘pass’ for a unit, learners must provide evidence to demonstrate that they have fulfilled all the learning outcomes and meet the standards specified by all assessment criteria. Judgement that the learners have successfully fulfilled the assessment criteria is made by the Assessor.
The Assessor should provide an audit trail showing how the judgement of the learners’ overall achievement has been arrived at.
Specific assessment guidance and relevant marking criteria for each unit are made available in the Assignment Brief document. These are made available to centres immediately after registration of one or more learners.

RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING AND ACHIEVEMENT

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) is a method of assessment that considers whether learners can demonstrate that they can meet the assessment requirements for a unit through knowledge, understanding or skills they already possess and do not need to develop through a course of learning.
RPL policies and procedures have been developed over time, which has led to the use of a number of terms to describe the process. Among the most common are: 
●    Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL) 
●    Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL) 
●    Accreditation of Prior Achievement (APA) 
●    Accreditation of Prior Learning and Achievement (APLA)

All evidence must be evaluated with reference to the stipulated learning outcomes and assessment criteria against the respective unit(s). The assessor must be satisfied that the evidence produced by the learner meets the assessment standard established by the learning outcome and its related assessment criteria at that particular level.

Most often RPL will be used for units. It is not acceptable to claim for an entire qualification through RPL. Where evidence is assessed to be only sufficient to cover one or more learning outcomes, or to partly meet the need of a learning outcome, then additional assessment methods should be used to generate sufficient evidence to be able to award the learning outcome(s) for the whole unit. This may include a combination of units where applicable.

EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY

OTHM provides equality and diversity training to staff and consultants. This makes clear that staff and consultants must comply with the requirements of the Equality Act 2010, and all other related equality and diversity legislation, in relation to our qualifications.

We develop and revise our qualifications to avoid, where possible, any feature that might disadvantage learners because of their age, disability, gender, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, and sexual orientation.

If a specific qualification requires a feature that might disadvantage a particular group (e.g. a legal requirement regarding health and safety in the workplace), we will clarify this explicitly in the qualification specification.

UNIT SPECIFICATIONS

STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING

Unit Aims

The aim of this unit is to develop learners’ understanding of strategic management and marketing in tourism and hospitality organisations. Learners will study a range of organisations and apply theories to understand strategic decision-making and strategic marketing. 

Learning Outcomes, Assessment Criteria and Indicative Content 

DESTINATION MANAGEMENT

Unit Aims

The aim of this unit is to develop learners’ ability to analyse the role of tourism and the visitor economy in modern international tourism destinations from a range of theoretical perspectives. Learners will gain a critical understanding of broader perspectives required to manage and market tourism in the modern international destination, and to inform their tourism and marketing strategies.

Learning Outcomes, Assessment Criteria and Indicative Content 

TOURISM POLICY AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Unit Aims

The aim of this unit is to develop learners’ critical understanding of the principles of tourism policy and how these relate to issues of development. Learners will evaluate theories of international development and apply these to a tourism context. Learners will also apply development indicators and create proposals for tourism projects to address development problems.

Learning Outcomes, Assessment Criteria and Indicative Content

DIGITAL TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY 

Unit Aims

The aim of this unit is to develop learners’ ability to critically analyse the role of technology within the tourism and hospitality industry, including the evaluation of the impacts of new and emerging technology on organisational operations. Learners will consider the emergence of the digital concept and analyse the influence of social media from both consumer and organisation perspectives.

Learning Outcomes, Assessment Criteria and Indicative Content

ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR IN TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY 

Unit Aims

The aim of this unit is to develop learners’ understanding of a range of theoretical and empirical approaches to organisational behaviour in the tourism and hospitality industry. Learners will examine concepts of culture and its multifaceted impacts on managerial behaviour. Learners will review and analyse complex issues that managers have to resolve. Learners will gain a detailed grounding in managing in different cultural contexts and in the management of diverse individuals, groups and teams.

Learning Outcomes, Assessment Criteria and Indicative Content

ADVANCED RESEARCH METHODS 

Unit Aims

The aim of this unit is to develop learners’ research skills and their ability to examinine and critique a range of research paradigms and techniques, in a tourism and hospitality research context. The unit will provide learners with the skills and knowledge required to identify and investigate problems and issues within tourism and hospitality and to apply appropriate research methods.

Learning Outcomes, Assessment Criteria and Indicative Content