Speaker, Attorney, & Professor
Law & Liability
Crisis & Emergency Preparedness
Meetings, Events, & Hospitality
Tyra in the News
Coronavirus Cancellation & Attrition Must-Knows
Podcast (22:39) & Article
MeetingsToday
March 2020
Nine Active Shooter Risk Management Tips--and a Video That May Save Your Life
MeetingsToday
June 2019
2018 Meetings Trendsetters: 20 Industry Agents of Change
MeetingsToday
July 2018
Hotel Tech Trends: Revolutionizing the Guest Experience (quoted)
Corporate & Incentive Travel
June 1, 2018
Degree v. Certification: What is Best?
Plan Your Meetings @ Meeting Professionals International,
May 21, 2018
Emergency Preparedness for Meetings (w/Amy Zellmer)
Meetings & Conventions,
October 1, 2017
Lawyerly Advice on Hurricane Harvey
MeetingsToday, August 2017
Food Allergies & the Americans with Disabilities Act (as amended)
HotelExecutive, December 2016
Fees & Surcharges--disclose, disclose, disclose
(Guest Blog)
Plan Your Meetings, August 1, 2016
Discriminatory Laws & Meetings: You Shouldn't Have to Play With People Who Bite (Guest Blog)
Plan Your Meetings, May 3, 2016
Tyra Hilliard--Drinking Turkish Tea, English Style
MeetingsPodcast, April 12, 2016
Tyra Hilliard: Mentor, Hero, & Educator
MeetGreen, January 8, 2016
A Little About Me
I have spent nearly 30 years in the hospitality and meetings industries as a meeting planner, an association executive, a convention and visitors bureau representative, a hotel catering sales manager, a lawyer, and a professor. My greatest passion is tackling the tough issues in a practical (and often humorous) way that makes them manageable for everyday business.
I am, at heart, an educator. I used to have an active law practice representing meeting and event professionals but found that I have more of a heart for explaining the law than for actually practicing it, so I honor that by teaching hospitality and business law and crisis management at the College of Coastal Georgia and speaking and training industry groups. For more about me, see Who I Am.
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