WHO ARE MARANATHA ?
= a private limited independent UK government bonded and licensed UK company.
= trading for over 22 years with two UK directors/share holders and sole owners.
= staff of 5 persons in the UK, and others in Jerusalem, Jordan, Egypt and Cyprus.
= group client base is Interdenominational and International.
THE NAME ?
Being a first century Christian greeting we felt that it was appropriate to use this name
to indicate that our service is to the whole Christian community.

Michael Hodgson (Managing Director)
Lived and worked in Jerusalem for 5 years.
Set up Maranatha Tours in 1978 in the middle-east.
Registered and established in the UK in 1988.
Michael is mainly responsble for programme
development and marketing.
Marilyn Hodgson (Operations Director)
Has some 35 years in operations in the travel
market and been with Maranatha since its
inception in 1988.
Marilyn handles flight and land logisitics.
   

Gerry Gyngell (Administration Manager)
Has some 35 years in the travel market
and been with Maranatha for 20 years.
Gerry handles all aspects of office administration.

  Terry Cheong (Accountancy Management)
Served Maranatha for 22 years and deals
with the company accounts and all required
licensiing regulations.
Ray Goodburn (Regional Consultant)
A Methodist background, extensive group travel
experience and valued colleague for 20 years.
Ray chats through ideas for all destinations.
Tel: 01777 862729
ray@maranatha.co.uk

Eric Carter (Regional Consultant)
Having evangelical background and ministry with
30 years group travel experience, enables
Eric to assist group leaders to plan sucessfully.
Tel: 01472-885317
eric.carter7@ntlworld.com

  Steve Ustin (Jerusalem Manager)
Monitoring all aspects of group welfare and
ground arrangements, for over 20 years -
often in difficult times.
Steve continues to provided extremely
valuable service.