CSHG- Hotel Business School

What CSHG- Hotel Business School does

Centro Superior de Hostelería de Galicia (CSHG), operating as the "Hotel Business School," is a public higher-education institution founded in 1995 and located on a single campus in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. It celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2025. The school delivers undergraduate degrees in Dirección Hotelera (Hotel Management) and Gastronomía, a postgraduate Curso Superior de Chef en Cocina y Pastelería, a bridge course ("Curso Puente"), and continuing-education programs for tourism professionals. It is operated under the Xunta de Galicia (Galician regional government) and awards its postgraduate chef qualification through the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC), providing the academic credentials that anchor its offering.

The institution's technology footprint consists of a Campus Virtual LMS for online access to coursework and a Teleformación channel integrated with the regional government's tourism training platform (formacion-turismo.xunta.gal). It also maintains an active presence on Facebook, X, YouTube, Instagram, and LinkedIn, with a website localized into seven languages (Spanish, Galician, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese). Tuition fees are not publicly disclosed; prospective students are directed to dedicated "Tarifas y becas" pages. The school administers 22 annual scholarships, including a dedicated program for Galicians residing abroad, and runs open days, virtual tours, and international outreach to diaspora communities in markets such as Mexico.

CSHG is a non-profit educational entity rather than a commercially driven venture. Its economics depend on tuition from individual student enrollees, scholarship funding administered through the regional government, and continued government support rather than on enterprise customers, venture financing, or M&A activity. The customer base is segmented into undergraduate hotel-management students, undergraduate gastronomy students, postgraduate chef-course students, and tourism professionals seeking continuing education, with career outcomes documented through alumni case studies in Spain, France, Brazil, and the United Kingdom.

Name

CSHG- Hotel Business School

Legal name

Centro Superior de Hostelería de Galicia

Website

https://cshg.es

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Centro Superior de Hostelería de Galicia (CSHG) is a public hospitality and culinary arts school in Santiago de Compostela, Spain, founded in 1995 and operated under the Xunta de Galicia with degree validation from the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. It serves undergraduate, postgraduate, and continuing-education students pursuing careers in hotel management, gastronomy, and professional cooking.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hospitality Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Business and Secretarial Schools (61141)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Hospitality, Tourism & Sports Management Schools (within Business Schools) (EDAHAHAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Institutional & Commercial Kitchen Training (Schools/Healthcare/Corporate) (EDAOAKAL)

Keywords

• Hospitality education
• Hotel management degree
• Gastronomy programs
• Culinary arts training
• Professional chef course

Headquarters

HQ city

Santiago De Compostela

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CSHG (Centro Superior de Hostelería de Galicia) delivers higher-education programs in hospitality and culinary arts. Its core offerings are two undergraduate degrees — Dirección Hotelera (Hotel Management) and Gastronomía — a postgraduate Curso Superior de Chef en Cocina y Pastelería awarded by the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, plus a Formación Continua continuing-education program, a Curso Puente bridge course, and supporting online learning delivered through the Campus Virtual and Teleformación channels.

Product overview

CSHG- Hotel Business School (Centro Superior de Hostelería de Galicia) operates as an educational institution offering a portfolio of degree programs and professional training. The core academic offerings consist of two undergraduate degrees: Dirección Hotelera (Hotel Management) and Gastronomía (Gastronomy), both providing professional preparation for the hospitality and culinary industries. The institution also offers a postgraduate Curso Superior de Chef en Cocina y Pastelería, certified by the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, alongside continuing education programs and a virtual campus platform for online learning. The products collectively serve students seeking careers in hotel management, culinary arts, and hospitality operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Grado en Gestión de Empresas Hosteleras / Dirección Hotelera (Hotel Management Degree)
• Grado en Gastronomía (Gastronomy Degree)
• Curso Superior de Chef en Cocina y Pastelería (Superior Chef Course in Cooking and Pastry)
• Formación Continua (Continuing Education)
• Curso Puente (Bridge Course)

Quantifiable outcome

• 22 scholarships available (10 for Hotel Management degree, 12 for Chef course)

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Curso Superior de Chef en Cocina y Pastelería is awarded as a postgraduate degree from the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, providing academic validation for the culinary program.
• Xunta de GaliciacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe school is operated under the regional government of Galicia. The institution's contact email is [email protected] and appears on Galicia government portals. The school maintains the Galicia Calidade quality association affiliation.
• Xacobeo 2027minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAssociation with the Xacobeo 2027 pilgrimage year initiative, connected to the Camino de Santiago and Galicia's tourism promotion efforts.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• EUHT StPOL (Escola Universitària d'Hoteleria i Turisme): University-level hospitality and tourism school located in Barcelona, Catalonia. Regional peer serving the same Spanish student market with comparable hotel management degree programs.

Direct peers

• Glion Institute of Higher Education: Swiss-based hospitality school offering bachelor's and master's programs in hotel, luxury, and event management. Direct peer as a specialized higher education institution competing for the same international hospitality student demographic.
• Basque Culinary Center: Spanish gastronomy faculty in San Sebastián offering degree programs in culinary arts and gastronomy sciences. Direct peer because both are Spanish higher education institutions combining culinary training with university-issued credentials in a similar niche.
• HTMi Hotel and Tourism Management Institute: Swiss-based hotel and tourism management school with degree programs focused on hospitality operations and management. Direct peer offering similar higher education pathways in hospitality with international student recruitment.
• EHL (École hôtelière de Lausanne): Swiss hospitality business school offering bachelor's and master's degrees in hotel management and gastronomy. Direct peer given the closely aligned offering of undergraduate and postgraduate hospitality programs with international placement focus.
• Vatel School of Hotel and Tourism Management: International hospitality and tourism management school with campuses across Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Direct peer because both deliver undergraduate and postgraduate hospitality degrees with global internship placements.
• Les Roches International School of Hotel Management: Swiss-based higher education institution specializing in hospitality, hotel, and tourism management degrees with global campuses. Direct peer because both deliver university-level hospitality management education to similar student segments, with comparable curriculum and career outcomes.

Broad incumbents

• Schiller International University: International higher education institution with campuses in multiple countries offering degrees including hospitality and hotel management. Broad incumbent providing multi-campus international hospitality education competing for similar globally mobile students.
• Le Cordon Bleu: International network of culinary arts and hospitality schools offering diplomas and degrees globally. Broad incumbent with global brand presence delivering comparable chef and hospitality curricula at scale.
• Cornell Nolan School of Hotel Administration: Top-ranked US hospitality management school within Cornell University offering undergraduate and graduate degrees. Broad incumbent because it is a much larger research university with a broader portfolio but overlapping hospitality management degree offerings.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/C_S_H_G
• YouTubeyoutube.com/cshgtv
• Facebookfacebook.com/cshg.me.gusta
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/edu/centro-superior-de-hosteler%C3%ADa-de-galicia-(en%3A-cshg--hotel-business-school)-158007
• Instagraminstagram.com/c_s_h_g

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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