booking agency

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booking
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbʊk.ɪŋ/us
/ˈbʊk.ɪŋ/
an arrangement you make to have a hotel room, tickets, etc. at a particular time in ...
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agency
noun
uk
/ˈeɪ.dʒən.si/us
/ˈeɪ.dʒən.si/
a business that represents one group of people when dealing with ...
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Chronic overcrowding provided obvious financial opportunities for thebookingagency, performer and venue.
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As we all know, the theatre agencies practically buy the house in anything like a successful play, and therefore you have to pay your extra shilling through thebookingagency.
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Because of this, artists on independent record labels often seek representation with an independentbookingagency.
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Abookingagencyrepresents the artist to promoters, makes deals and books performances.
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He went into semi-retirement after 1952, when he opened his ownbookingagency.
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The two began as a theatricalbookingagencyin 1886 before expanding into producing plays.
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They are the largest comedybookingagencyin the world.
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Additionally, they produced syndicated television shows for gospel and country music singers, and owned abookingagencythat operated regionally.
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It operated briefly as abookingagencyuntil filing its application in compliance with article 5154a making it a trade union in 1994.
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Quadrant is also an artistbookingagencyand a concert production company.
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The end of 2003 saw the addition of external management and abookingagency.
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He is not part of any organization orbookingagency.
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He later formedbookingagencyand a music bureau.
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There are now a number of well-publicised booking agencies and voucher schemes to attract holidaymakers from home and abroad.
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This has had the effect that no other companies except those particular groups can use the booking agencies in any way.
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For example, tourists are exploited by phoney and exploitative theatrical booking agencies, which rip off tourists by selling tickets which are both overpriced and for badly situated seats.
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In addition, they possessed hairdressing salons, telephone booths, theatre booking agencies and at one period a twice-a-day food delivery service.
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Neither the booking agencies nor the musicians got rich, but regular salaries helped maintain pretty decent musicianship.
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Many of the major booking agencies refuse to represent clients who are not already signed to a major record label and have national distribution of their music.
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This destroyed several booking agencies.
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