Ankersen, an Oklahoma State University graduate with a degree in restaurant and hotel administration, has extensive management experience with various hotel chains in the United States including the historic Omni Charleston Hotel, the Omni Mandalay, Crown Sterling Suites and Park Suites Hotels. In 1995 he joined Dolce International as General Manager of the 395-room DFW Lakes Hilton in Dallas, Texas and was later promoted to Vice President of the Company�s central region. 

Explains Dolce, �Colin showed remarkable leadership in repositioning DFW Lakes Hilton as an award-winning conference property and growing the Dolce International conference center brand in the Midwest and West.  His management expertise will be significant in maintaining Hamilton Park�s status as Dolce International�s flagship property and its reputation as one of the finest conference facilities in the world.�

Throughout its ten-year history, Hamilton Park has been recognized as one of the top conference centers in the country by such publications as Successful Meetings, Meetings & Conventions, Corporate & Incentive Travel, Meetings News, and Corporate Meetings & Incentives.  Set on 13 acres of rolling woodlands in historic Morris County, New Jersey, Hamilton Park has emerged as an industry model in conference center technology. Recent technology advancements include a newly constructed Technology Resource Center containing computer workstations, laptop stations, and laser and color printers available to clients at no charge, 24 hours a day; high-speed Internet access in each of Hamilton Park�s 40 meeting rooms and 219 guest rooms; and an onsite, mobile videoconferencing unit.

Owned and managed by Dolce International, the global leader in learning through meetings and leisure, Hamilton Park is one of growing portfolio of conference hotels, conference resorts and private/corporate centers in the United States, Canada and Europe.