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A global leader

We are ranked 2nd in the world for hospitality and tourism management in the Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2024 and we’re also 1st in the UK for hospitality and leisure management in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025.

Surrey Hospitality and Tourism Management is a discipline within Surrey Business School.

World leading

Ranked 1st in the UK and 2nd in the world for Hospitality and Tourism Management in the ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) 2024.

Research excellence

Ranked 15th overall in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021, with 52% of our research outputs judged world-leading and 43% internationally excellent.

Study with us

We pride ourselves on offering undergraduate, postgraduate and research courses that are both academically rigorous and anchored in the real world. We also deliver a range of CPD and short courses.

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Our research

We have a world-class reputation for our research in hospitality, tourism, transport and events.

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For businesses

We are globally recognised for providing industry-specific business services and educational programmes in hospitality, tourism, transport, and events management. We engage industry in our world leading education and research activities.

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Lakeside Restaurant and Coffee Shop

We are home to Lakeside Restaurant and Lakeside Coffee Shop, situated on our Stag Hill campus.

Lakeside Restaurant

Lakeside Coffee Shop

Our staff members

Dr James Kennell

Head of Discipline, Surrey Hospitality and Tourism Management

I am an Associate Professor and the Head of Surrey Hospitality and Tourism Management (SHTM) in the Surrey Business School.My research explores issues associated with the relationships between the events, tourism and hospitality industries and society and I have particular interests in the fields of policy and governance, political and protest events, dark tourism and exploratio...

Dr Bora Kim

Deputy Head of Discipline, Education

Dr. Bora Kim is a Senior Lecturer in Hospitality Management. She examines managerially-relevant questions in the tourism and hospitality industry from the perspective of strategic and financial management. Particularly, she examines how characteristics of executives and corporate governance influence managerial actions and firm performance. Bora's research focuses on how ex...

Professor Allan Williams

Deputy Head of Discipline, Research

Allan studied Economics and Geography at University College Swansea, 1969-72, before completing his PhD at the London School of Economics (LSE). He then held academic posts in the Geography Departments at the LSE, Durham and Exeter universities, before being appointed Professor of Human Geography and European Studies in 1995. At Exeter, he was also Co-Director of the Centr...

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