Academic Resources

Access free hospitality law resources, including educational content, case summaries, research, presentations, and practical reference materials. Created for students, educators, and hospitality professionals, these resources help build knowledge of legal, safety, and risk management best practices.

Electronic Journal of Hospitality Legal, Safety & Security Research

The Electronic Journal of Hospitality Legal, Safety and Security Research is a refereed journal of empirical and conceptual research devoted to addressing legal-oriented concerns, safety and security related issues, and various aspects of risk management in places of public accommodation.

Glossary of Terms: Your Guide to the Industry Acronyms

Hospitality Terms Dictionary: Your Guide to the Industry Acronyms. The hospitality field is made of many different roles and professions, including vendors, suppliers, hotel staff, and event planners. This is a perfect first step for those who first enter the hospitality industry.

Hospitality Law: Managing Legal Issues in the Hospitality Industry

This textbook takes an applied approach to the study of hospitality law with its touchstone of compliance and prevention. The book is highly pedagogical and includes many interactive exercises and real world cases that help students focus on the practical application of hospitality laws and model their decision process to avoid liability.

Hospitality Law: Managing Legal

Issues in the Hospitality Industry

Hospitality Law helps teach readers what they need to know to manage a facility legally, safely, and securely, taking an applied approach to the study of hospitality law with its touchstone of compliance and prevention. The legal information provided is carefully selected to specifically correlate with helping readers understand how to do the right thing.

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Hospitality Law: Managing Legal Issues in the Hospitality Industry, Fifth Edition takes an applied approach to the study of hospitality law with its touchstone of compliance and prevention. The book is highly pedagogical and includes many interactive exercises and real world cases that help students focus on the practical application of hospitality laws and model their decision process to avoid liability. As a result, this book does look different than others on the market as the legal information contained is carefully selected to specifically correlate with helping students understand how to do the right thing, i.e., it is not a comprehensive book on the laws.

Barth immediately helps readers learn about the legalities of situations and work through exercises – both individually and in groups — to effectively apply them to hospitality management situations. Many instructors teach their course from a very applied perspective, which aligns with Barth’s approach. Purchase Here >>

Hospitality Law, Fourth Edition maintains the logical flow developed in the Third Edition, but now with the latest updates and revisions with regard to changes in the law that ensure the most current information is presented for hospitality law students. The Fourth Edition includes information on relevant recent events and trends, such as the impact of recent economic collapse on hotel development, sections updated with increased international perspective, added information on data privacy, increased information on safety and security, and updates to legal case studies and decision-making legal scenarios. Chapter web exercises have also been updated to ensure accuracy, and strategic links have been added throughout the chapter to ensure currency with regard to law changes since the last edition. Purchase Here >>

Intelligent Emotions:

On Self Responsibility, Owning Our Emotional Power, and Changing Our Reactions:
Will you commit just one minute a day to changing your destiny? By taking ownership of your emotions, accepting responsibility for your reactions, and choosing positive responses over negative ones, you can unlock the path to emotional success.In this engaging and practical book, lawyer and motivational speaker Stephen Barth shares relatable stories and proven tools to help you build emotional intelligence and apply it in everyday life. Learn how to overcome stress, relationship challenges, and life's daily obstacles to find greater balance, happiness, peace, and productivity—both personally and professionally.