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Early-Career Program

EHL x LVMH Certificate in Luxury Retail and Hospitality 

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Your Fast-Track to a Career in Global Luxury

Learning Outcomes Program Journey Admissions

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Luxury doesn't work the same way in Paris, Shanghai, and Singapore. The brands, the products, even the values, they travel. The way clients are served, the stories that create desire, the expectations of the room: those are deeply local. Understanding that gap is where careers in this industry begin.

The EHL × LVMH Certificate in Luxury Retail and Hospitality is a collaboration between EHL, the world's leading hospitality school, and LVMH, the group behind more than 75 of the most recognized names in luxury. It is designed for people who are at the start of their careers in this industry: curious, serious, and ready to learn by being inside it, not just studying it.

Over six months, you move between Lausanne, Paris, Singapore, and China not as a tourist but as someone working through real briefs set by LVMH Maisons. You see how the same brand operates differently on a Paris shop floor, in a Singapore flagship, and in China's fast-moving retail environment. You work on that difference. That is the learning.

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Europe, Singapore & China 25.01.2027 - 23.07.2027 13,100 CHF

Learn Luxury from the Ground Up

Through real projects and time spent in luxury environments, you'll understand how the industry works and develop the foundational knowledge to enter it as a professional.

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Learn Luxury Firsthand across Europe and Asia

Two continents. Field visits to LVMH boutiques and retail operations in Paris, Singapore, and China. Business projects briefed by Maison teams, not invented for a classroom. By the time you finish, you have spent six months inside the industry, not reading about it.

Build Access, Not Just Ambition

Individual mentoring sessions with LVMH managers — people working inside the Maisons right now — give you a direct line into how the industry thinks, what it values, and what it looks for. EHL's career coaching helps you turn that understanding into a professional profile that lands.

Two Real Projects. Two Markets. Real Stakes.

Take on two business projects, one for a European market, one for Asia-Pacific, each briefed by an LVMH Maison team. You research, you analyze, and you present your findings to industry professionals. It is not a simulation. The brief is real, the context is real, and what you produce is assessed by people who know the difference.

Key Facts

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Location 
EHL Campus Lausanne & Singapore

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Price
13,100 CHF

 

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Duration 
6 months

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Award
Certificate of Completion

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Dates
January 25 - July 23, 2027

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Business Field Trip
Paris and China

Your Learning Outcomes

What you will gain

Learning Objectives

  • A Global Strategic Mindset: Guest sessions with LVMH executives, field visits to flagship retail sites across Paris, Singapore, and China, and two business projects developed with Maison teams. You engage with the industry's content, not a version of it designed for a classroom.

  • EHL Career Coaching & LVMH Mentoring: Dedicated coaching sessions focused on understanding what luxury employers actually look for. Individual sessions with LVMH managers working across the Group's Maisons and business functions. Not a panel talk, a direct conversation about the industry, your profile, and where you might fit into it.

  • A professional network you would not build otherwise: The people you meet during this program (peers from across the world, faculty, mentors, and LVMH managers) are your first professional community in this industry. That matters more than it sounds, in a sector where relationships open more doors than CVs.

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  • Develop Cross-Market Strategic Thinking: Build the cross-cultural intelligence and analytical skills to understand how luxury retail operates across European and APAC markets. Translate insights into actionable recommendations for luxury Maisons operating at a global scale.

  • Innovate with Purpose: Explore innovative strategies and best practices in design, marketing, and branding to enhance the lasting appeal of luxury products, services, and experiences.

     

  • Master Customer Experience and Service Excellence: Drawing on EHL's world-leading expertise in hospitality and business management, you will learn how to enhance customer journeys, build clienteling capabilities, and create unique, immersive experiences in luxury retail.

  • Build Management Capabilities for Career Progression: Develop the management foundations needed to fast-track your career in luxury. These capabilities equip you with a strong competitive advantage to advance quickly toward leadership positions.

  • Create Desirable and Responsible Luxury Value: Analyze the interplay between luxury positioning and sustainability to redefine brand desirability in line with evolving consumer expectations and social responsibility.
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Launch your career in global luxury today.
Develop the skills to lead tomorrow.

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Program Journey

1

EHL Lausanne Campus & Paris Field trip – 10 Weeks (Onsite)

Your journey begins at EHL’s Lausanne campus, combining academic courses, LVMH guest sessions, dedicated career coaching, and an immersive business field trip to Paris, bringing your classroom learning to life in one of the greatest luxury capitals. 


Across five core modules at EHL, you will move through foundational and advanced courses across brand desirability, luxury retail, hospitality, organizational culture, and leading transformation, with LVMH executives contributing real-world insight at every stage. 

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Europe Business Project – 6 Weeks (Online)

Working in teams, you will take on a real business challenge faced by an LVMH Maison in a European market context. Guided by EHL faculty and LVMH experts, you will apply your academic learning to develop a structured, actionable strategy rooted in the realities of today’s luxury brands. This project strengthens your analytical thinking, problem solving skills and ability to translate insight into concrete recommendations.

3

EHL Singapore Campus & China Field Trip – 3 Weeks (Onsite)

Immerse yourself in the realities of the APAC luxury market through three weeks of in‑person learning at EHL’s Singapore campus, followed by a field trip to China. Through dedicated courses and guided visits to LVMH retail and hospitality sites, you gain practical insight into consumer behavior, channel dynamics and retail execution across fast‑evolving Asian markets.


During this learning experience, you will design a Retail Innovation Pilot, working in teams to develop a modern luxury store experience that combines human connection with digital capability. This hands-on project strengthens your ability to drive innovation, create exceptional customer experiences, and understand what makes luxury retail operations perform in practice.

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APAC Business Project – 6 Weeks (Online)

Building on the insights gained in Singapore and China, you will complete a second Business Project focused on an APAC market challenge for an LVMH Maison. This final phase challenges you to address distinct regional dynamics, from consumer behavior and channel strategy to retail execution and customer experience.


Together with your Europe project, it forms a rare dual market portfolio that demonstrates your ability to think, analyze and act across global luxury contexts.

Faculty

Dr. Matthias Fuchs

Assistant Professor

Dr. Matthias Fuchs is an Assistant Professor of Marketing and Director of the Institute for Customer Experience Management at EHL. He publishes research on digital customer behavior in top-tier business journals, such as the Journal of Marketing Research. Prior to joining academia, Matthias spent over seven years in brand management and marketing management, holding various positions at Procter & Gamble and Coty Inc

Dr. Florent Girardin

Associate Professor

Dr. Florent Girardin is an Associate Professor of Marketing at EHL. His academic research focuses on consumers’ reactions to luxury brand and product positioning strategies. His work has been published in top-tier business journals such as Journal of Consumer Psychology, Psychology and Marketing, Journal of Retailing and Customer Services, or Tourism Perspectives. Florent is an active member of the Swiss Center for Luxury Research.

Dr. Stefano Borzillo

Associate Professor

Dr. Stefano Borzillo is an Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at EHL. His main fields of research are communities of practice, processes of knowledge creation, and best practice transfers in organizations. He has multiple experiences in Executive Education, and in consulting for SMEs and large organizations.

Dr. Bertrand Audrin

Assistant Professor

Dr. Bertrand Audrin is assistant professor in Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior at EHL Business School. His research focuses on digital transformation and its impact on organizations, human resource management, and employment relationships. His current projects tackle questions on digital skills and emotional intelligence, new ways of working and AI for recruitment.

Mr. Vincent Michelet

Corporate Communications & Sustainability Expert

Vincent Michelet boasts 30+ years of experience in corporate communication and entrepreneurship across various industries including hospitality and food packaging. He supported startups with marketing and sustainability strategies, as well as B-Corp certification. More precisely, as VP of Corporate Communications and Sustainability for Tetra Pak, he championed Diversity & Inclusion and led programs fostering leadership and employee engagement.

Dr. Matthias Fuchs

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Dr. Florent Girardin

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Dr. Stefano Borzillo

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Dr. Bertrand Audrin

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Mr. Vincent Michelet

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Admissions

Who Should Attend?

You are an early-career professional ready to launch or advance your career in luxury. You value exceptional client experience, service excellence, and brand storytelling, and are looking to build the expertise needed to advance quickly in this competitive sector.

Eligibility Criteria:

  • Holders of a Bachelor or Master's Degree in Luxury, Hospitality, Marketing or Business, with at least 1 year of professional experience (internships included).
  • Fluency in English (written and oral).

Questions?

If you have any questions or need clarifications about admissions, please contact our team advisors.

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Tuition and Fees

Program tuition : CHF 13,100

  • Includes all learning materials & Business Field Trips
  • Excludes travel to the main campuses (Lausanne & Singapore), visa, and accommodations costs
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