Gracie Veronica Geikie

Gracie has more than 40 years’ work and executive experience in the hospitality, tourism, marketing, hotel and event management industry allowing her to bring forth valuable input and advice in entrepreneurial business management concepts, operational restructures as well as research and survey analysis for the related fields of hospitality, tourism and business events. She holds an MBA major in Tourism & Hospitality Management and a Master in Business Administration.

Gracie is an accredited Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) with the Events Industry Council USA and a certified HRDF Trainer. She is currently the inhouse Congress Management trainer for MACEOS (Malaysian Association of Conference and Exhibitions Organisers and Suppliers).

Her business experience and career from 1975 till date have covered airline stewarding, hotel operations and pre-openings, travel and event operations, entrepreneurial set ups in education, tourism and hospitality. Gracie served in the Sarawak Government with the Sarawak Tourism Board as CEO (2005 to 2009) and was Associate Dean Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality UCSI University Sarawak (2009 to 2014). She later ventured out to set up her own Professional Conference Organisation, Place Borneo Sarawak and Sabah.

She served as Adjunct Fellow with the Berjaya University College of Hospitality for 6 years and is currently Sarawak Chairperson and Head of Training Committee for Malaysian Association of Conventions and Exhibitions Suppliers and Organisers (MACEOS).

She is currently the President of the Sarawak Events and Tourism Attractions Association (SEATA).

She is Advisor, Co-author and Author of four books “Rainforest World Music Festival – Sarawak’s Success Story”, “Parks and Art - Sarawak”, “Rainforest World Music Festival – 20 Years of Song and Rhythm in Sarawak” and "Rainforest World Music Festival - A Journey of 25 Years"

She received her Sarawak state award ‘Darjah Utama Yang Amat Mulia Bintang Kenyalang Sarawak’ (PBK) from the State in October 2014 for her contribution to tourism and subsequently the ‘Johan Bintang Kenyalang’ (JBK) in 2016.

Gracie Veronica Geikie
Director / Principal
Consultant