Legal Issues for Hospitality and Tourism

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, students are expected to be able to: Explain key legal terms and basic legal principles related to the hospitality and travel industries; Explain various sources of law and areas of law applicable to the hospitality and travel industries; Examine the rights and responsibilities of practitioners in the hospitality industry as well as the rights of guests, patrons and other customers of businesses in the hospitality industry; Evaluate basic legal theories and prevention techniques and use critical analytical thinking to argue what actions and precautions are necessary to avoid and/or address legal problems.

Topics

This course offers a comprehensive study of legal aspects of the hospitality and tourism industries. It addresses the legal confronted by practitioners in the industries. The goal of this course is for the students to learn basic legal concepts and principles as they apply to the industries and use them to appreciate and identify what actions and precautions are necessary in order to avoid, prevent or at least minimize legal problems.