CTH - UK

Confederation of Tourism & Hospitality

CONFEDERATION OF TOURISM & HOSPITALITY (CTH)

Gold standard qualifications

for the Tourism, Hospitality industries

Over the last 30 years CTH has focused on developing and adding value to careers globally in the industry. We were established in 1982 as a specialist professional awarding body in the UK with a mission to focus on the training needs of new entrants to the hospitality, travel, tourism and culinary sectors.

The Confederation of Tourism & Hospitality exists to help people develop the skills necessary to achieve rewarding careers in the hospitality, tourism, travel and culinary sectors. Its mission is to offer Gold Standard qualifications in these sectors and provide qualifications that are relevant, robust and recognised.


CTH provides a ladder of progression in hospitality, travel, tourism qualifications at Certificate, Diploma, Advanced Diploma, Professional Diploma and Executive Diploma level, and our qualifications provide appropriate academic preparation for students to apply for entry on to final year Bachelor’s Degree programmes and on to Masters top-up programmes. These routes deliver well trained and qualified employees, as well as future leaders for the sector.


All qualifications are developed in conjunction with leading employers and sectoral bodies to ensure relevance, value and quality. This approach guarantees that our qualifications are valued by employers throughout the world. CTH is also a member of the Federation of Awarding Bodies. In addition, our management qualifications are recognised by over 25 British and international universities.


CTH has strong links with the industry, with relationships and endorsements from organisations such as Virgin Atlantic Airways, GTMC, Star Alliance, Marriot Hotels Caribbean, Radisson Edwardian, Sheraton Hotels, Mantis Collection, Adair Leadership, The Intercontinental Hotels Group and many others.

Academic Recognition

As a leading British awarding body for the hospitality and tourism sectors, CTH has developed strong links internationally to ensure that our qualifications are recognised worldwide.

University Pathways

CTH has a variety of university pathways. Opening the way to university – CTH Management Programmes are widely recognised by universities as offering equivalency to degree level study.

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CTH places great importance on building close links with the industries it serves.

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At the Confederation of Tourism & Hospitality (CTH), our core mission is to provide the highest standard of hospitality, tourism and culinary qualifications. CTH achieves this through robust monitoring supported by industry, universities and the UK government regulator, Ofqual. CTH has partnerships with major international employers and academic institutions. CTH is a member of the Federation of Awarding Bodies.