Luxury Travel News: March 3, 2013

Singita Mara River Tented Camp

• Ritz-Carlton Abu Dhabi, Grand Canal opens.
  
• Capella Washington D.C. opens this month.
  
• Singita Mara River Tented Camp opens this August.
  
• The American dollar rebounds.
  
• Gritti Palace reopens.
  
• Aman Canal Grande, Venice opens June 1.
  
• Ametza with Arzak Instruction restaurant opens at the Halkin.
  
• Hyatt acquires Austin's Driskill Hotel.
  
• One & Only Montenegro planned.
  
• The Chedi Andermatt, first European property from GHM, opening next year.
  
• Silversea partners with Royal Geographic Society.
  
• Aman Playa Grande, Dominican Republic, breaks ground.
  
• Hawaii tourism growth leads to hotel capacity problems.
  
• ILTM Africa launches in Cape Town next month.
  Six Senses launches new website.
  
• Ten recent notable hotel renovations from Forbes.
  
• Qatar, "the new China," is buying up London.
  
• How the influx of new global elites is changing the face of Europe.