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'Unbelievable number of people booking same week as travel' - On the Beach chief

Agents
Jennifer Morris
9 June 2026

On the Beach's chief executive is predicting “another growth year”, despite the myriad challenges facing the industry, revealing the OTA has seen an “unbelievable” amount of people “booking to go on holiday this week”.

On the Beach's Shaun Morton
Credit: Jennifer Morris

“It’s unbelievable the amount of people we have booking to go on holiday this week,” says On the Beach's chief, Shaun Morton 
 

Shaun Morton told Abta Travel Matters delegates on Tuesday (9 June): “Despite the environment we're in, [the travel industry] is likely to experience another year of growth. I think most people are still planning to travel at least as much as we did last year. And I can see this in our own business.”

Morton added that while geopolitical events cause immediate, dramatic friction, the travel industry relies on established cycles to bounce back rapidly.

“The industry and the consumer has always demonstrated resilience and desire to travel with every shock,” he said.