The Future Of The Financial Controller Within Luxury Hotel Chains 
Indispensable or Replaceable?

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2011 in the subject Tourism – Hotel Industry / Catering, grade: 1, 25, University of Brighton, language: English, abstract: The overall aim of the study was to examine the relevance of the hotel financial controllers’ role in luxury hotel chains today and especially in the future. The impact of new technology, as well as trends and new business approaches are general issues in the luxury hotel industry and affects the hotel financial controller as well.

This thesis seeks to answer the question, if there is a requirement for hotel financial controller and which are potential mid-and long term threats for them. In addition, this work analyzed and identified which skills are necessary to manage the position as a hotel financial controller. The primary research approach, adopted in this dissertation, involves in-depth interviews with seven authorized professionals from the international luxury hotel industry. The conclusion of this study is that the hotel financial controller will be …