If busy equaled commissions directly, then we d be swimming in money, said Alex Sharpe, CEO of Signature Travel Network. They are really busy, and it s a challenge and an opportunity. They re busy because there s a lot of pent-up demand. People want to travel. But at the same time, I would say up until very recently, the last couple of weeks, a lot of what they re booking is [for] 2022 and beyond, particularly for cruise.
But Sharpe is optimistic that the shorter-term bookings agencies are doing now will carry them through to the end of the year. That will keep people going until we get to [payment for] the really incredible bookings we have for 2022 and beyond, he said.