You've provided us with no further context so I can't be positive but I think that booking here means either 1. His duty was to hire a person or a group of people for a particular event (such as a rock concert , a theater play, a circus show etc) or 2. His duty was to make hotel reservations or possibly buy travelling tickets, reserve seats at a restaurant etc .
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