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booking agent

American  

noun

  1. an agent who makes bookings, as reservations for travel or the theater or engagements for performers, for clients.


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At one point during questioning, Rapino was confronted with a message in which he allegedly told a frustrated booking agent that fees were “too high.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

“Our booking agent from Florida has had conversations with the movie moguls, telling them that this is not a big operation,” Bonnie says.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025

“Their booking agent contacted me and said we have got this band, and we know no one has heard of them, but would you do us a favour?” he explains.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2024

In 2008, though, Ailey’s booking agent realized that there were many theaters, especially in Europe, that wanted an Ailey performance but could not afford one.

From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2024

The Great Courvatals, Monsieur and Madame, showed their new tricks to the booking agent and secured a forty weeks' engagement at a salary which only Presidio's confidence could have asked.

From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII. (of X.) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney