This course aims to introduce significant laws and administrative regulations governing the hospitality and tourism industries in Macao SAR. The students will have the opportunity to learn legal and regulatory issues facing key activities, including providing travel services, operation of hotel establishments, licensing and running of restaurants and entertainment venues, and provision of various goods and services. The course will introduce the nature of the legal system of Macao SAR and the essential features of its constitutional, administrative, criminal, civil and commercial laws related to the industries. Specific legal topics of public and private law to be covered in the course include law and regulation of hotel operations, travel agencies, restaurants and entertainment services; the legal relation between innkeepers and guests; contracts and civil liability; protection of consumer rights; agency contract and the relation between agencies, tour guides and tourists; prohibition of illegal inn keeping and pensions; regulatory bodies and dispute resolution.

CILO-1: Explain the main characteristics of Macao SAR's legal system and the pertinent public and private laws relevant to the hospitality and tourism industries. CILO-2: Define contracts and civil liability (torts) and describe contractual relations and potential civil liability in hospitality and tourism services. CILO-3: Locate and relate specific laws and regulatory standards essential for enhancing the smooth operation of hospitality and tourism activities and ensuring compliance. CILO-4: Appraise the legal relation involving the hotels and guests, travel agencies, tour guides and tourists and indicate essential legal standards protecting consumer rights. CILO-5: Classify the elements constituting an illegal accommodation in Macao SAR and distinguish different legal remedies and dispute resolution forms in the hospitality and tourism industries.