Seth Lewis

Senior Lecturer

Email: seth.lewis@coventry.ac.uk 

Seth is a hotelier with over 30 years experiences in branded luxury hotels, free-standing restaurants, the rail and cruise industries and e-commerce. He is a native New Yorker with professional experience in Asia, Europe and the US and has been London based since 1990.  Since transitioning into education in 2008, Seth has written and delivered modules in Service Operations Management, Strategy, Services Marketing, Leadership and Contemporary Issues in Hospitality & Tourism and supported many dissertations. Seth joined CULC in January 2017 on a part-time basis and supports students in Hotel & Tourism Operations and Marketing Communications.  He is currently module leader in Finance for Hospitality & Tourism.

Qualifications

• PGCE City Lit/University of Westminster
• MBA Kingston University
• Postgraduate Certificate Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne
• BA Political Science University of Pennsylvania

Professional and Industry Memberships

• Institute of Hospitality
• EuroCHRIE

Research and Consultancy

On-going consultancy for an Asian cruise ship company – food & beverage concept development

Research in progress on Room Service Personalization in Luxury Hotels; Social Enterprise Hospitality Projects; Entrepreneurship in Food & Beverage

Publications and Scholarship Activities 

International Hospitality Management Qualification Standards (2012)

EuroCHRIE Presentation Hospitality MBA Programs & Employability (2012)

Teaching Areas

• Financial Planning & Revenue Management for Hospitality & Tourism
• Managerial Finance for Hospitality & Tourism
• Operations Management for Hospitality & Tourism
• Project Management