The long -awaited wedding celebrations of several days for the founder of Amazon Jeff Bezos and his fiancee, Lauren Sánchez, are officially underway in Venice, which attracts a constellation of influential figures of the worlds of politics, business and Hollywood.
The couple is scheduled to exchange votes in the iconic “floating city” before an intimate meeting of 200-250 relatives and close friends. Among the outstanding guests already seen in Italy are the first daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, the Business intern reported.
The guest lists of the bachelorette party of Paris de Sánchez and the two commitment celebrations of the couple, one aboard the Koru de Bezos yacht and another in the house of Beverly Hills of multimillionaire Barry Diller and designer Diane Von Furstenberg, offer a viewfinder to the probable attendees.
Since their relationship was made public in 2019, Bezos and Sánchez have frequently seen in events of High Profile A list such as the MET Gala, the Vanity Fair Oscar party and Formula 1 races, often photographed together with celebrities instead of predominantly predominant figures of the technology industry.
55 million dollars occasion
The wedding and its parts are expected to cost 40-48 million euros ($ 46.5 – $ 55.6 million), Luca Zaia, president of the Regional Veneto Government that Venice includes, told journalists on Tuesday.
Bezos will make considerable charity donations, including 1 million euros for Corila, an academic consortium that studies the ecosystem of the Venice Lagoon, Corriere Della de Italy. Serum newspaper and the ANSA The news agency reported Sunday.
The day and place for the wedding ceremony themselves are still confidential, but the main party is scheduled for Saturday at Arsenale (Arsenal), a historical site in the eastern part of the city.
This highly fortified area, surrounded by imposing walls, was used to build the naval ships of the Republic of Venice in its apogee of the fifteenth century.
However, nuptials are not exempt from local opposition.
Venice residents have expressed their protests against Bezos in the weeks before the wedding, with city signs that proclaim “there is no space for Bezos.”
Protection organizers, citing concerns about abanfolism, have promised to interrupt the wedding, potentially trying to block access to certain places. Despite these threats, the city of Venice has publicly hosted the wedding and denounced the protests.
90 private jets, 30 water taxis
The first private planes arrived at the Venice Airport on Tuesday, and Zaia said that around 90 will land in Venice and nearby airports such as Treviso and Verona in the next few days.
The organizers have also reserved at least 30 water taxis from different companies in Venice for wedding guests.
Five hotels for 250 guests
Five of the most luxurious hotels in the city have been reserved to organize the expected guests of 200-250.
The hotels include Cipriani on the island of Giudecca and Aman in the Grand Canal, where the American actor George Clooney stayed for his 2014 wedding with the human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin.
Guest list
- Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner
- Barry Diller and Diane von Furstenberg
- NFL Hall of Fame Tony González and his wife, October González
- Fox Sports Litker Charissa Thompson
- Miguel Bezos, Jeff Bezos’ father
- Amazon Andy Jassy CEO
- Author Hugh Howey and his wife Shay Londre
- Founder of the Company of Spencer Antle Island
- Early Amazon Investor Bill Miller
- Inverter Josh Kushner
