Star Clippers hires Candice Middleton to cover US central region

She's responsible for developing individual and group business, incentive and charters for a territory that includes Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas and Wisconsin.

Middleton is based in Mississippi and reports to Terri Haas, VP sales and marketing.

25 years of experience

Middleton brings more than 25 years of travel and hospitality industry experience, much of it working with travel advisors. Most recently she was GOGO Vacations' business development manager for the Southeast and, earlier, the West Coast. Before that, Middleton spent seven years with Hilton Worldwide as West Coast BDM.