Stephen Barth is an American lawyer, award-winning professor, author, keynote speaker and entrepreneur. He is a professor of leadership and hospitality law at the Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management at the University of Houston. He is the author of the e-book Intelligent Emotions: On Self Responsibility, Owning Our Emotional Power, and Changing Our Reactions and the co-author of Hospitality Law, 5th Edition and Restaurant Law Basics. In 2000, Barth founded HospitalityLawyer.com along with the annual Hospitality Law Conference. In 2011, he founded the Global Travel Risk Management Summit Series. His hospitality and travel interests combined with his legal background enabled him to make a positive impact in the hospitality and travel industries, including the developm