Luxury Management

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Free Online Course: Luxury Management provided by edX is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 8 weeks long, 6-8 hours a week. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from edX. Luxury Management is taught by Hanqin Qiu.

Overview
  • Learn strategies and skills for managing luxury brands within the hotel and tourism industry. You will analyze the essence of a luxury brand and learn marketing techniques and trends to better position your services. You will learn how luxury brands are created and how to properly communicate the value of your brand.

    Concepts and applications will be introduced through textbooks, selected journal articles and field visits.

    Note that this course is priced at USD $278.

Syllabus
  • Week 1: Essence of the Luxury Industry
    Evaluate and discuss the essence of luxury brand management

    Week 2: Luxury Brand Power and Lifecycle
    Address the brand potential that exists in luxury activities, and how luxury-goods businesses should be managed

    Week 3: The Luxury Client
    Analyse critically the behaviour of luxury clientele and the long-term trends in the luxury market. Identify major research areas and issues, analyse and evaluate the literature on luxury brand management

    Week 4: Luxury Brand Identity
    Understand brand DNA and Codes of luxury brands through case studies

    Week 5: International Distribution and Retailing of Luxury
    Analyse the trends and systems of international distribution and retailing of luxury brands, and the impact of technology on these trends and systems

    Week 6: Managing Luxury Brand Creation, Communication and Sustainability
    and creation, communication and sustainability in the hospitality and tourism industry

    Week 7: Luxury Management in the Fashion and Lifestyle Sector
    Case studies for luxury management in the fashion industry

    Week 8: Luxury Management in the Hospitality Industry
    Case studies for luxury management in the hospitality industry