Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez's Star-Studded wedding kicks off in Venice: Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner and other celebrities join
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is all set to tie knot with Lauren Sanchez at the picturesque venue of Venice, Italy. The couple's multi-day affair wedding, called as 'wedding of the century' will witness celebrity guests which will include Hollywood stars, political figures and tech titans.
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As reported by Business Insider, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are among the first set of celebrities who were spotted taking water taxi with their children. The other celebrities expected to join the lavish wedding include Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom, Kim Kardashian, Kris Jenner, Oprah Winfrey, Gayle King, Eva Longoria, and fashion icon Diane von Fürstenberg.
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez wedding
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celebrations will span across days and multiple venues.
The wedding will include a ceremony abroad Bezos's $500 million yacht Koru and a grand reception at the historic Arsenale, a 15th-century shipyard. Guests are being pampered across five of Venice's most luxurious hotels, including the Aman Venice, Cipriani, and Gritti Palace.
Greenpeace joins protest against Jeff Bezos' wedding in Italy
Recently, Greenpeace took part in protests in Venice against the wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez. Protesters held a large banner in St.
Mark's Square that read, 'IF YOU CAN RENT VENICE FOR YOUR WEDDING YOU CAN PAY MORE TAX'. According to an Associated Press report, local police quickly removed the banner and asked the small group of demonstrators to leave.
The protest is part of the 'No Space for Bezos' campaign, which includes local housing groups, student organisations, and anti-cruise activists. They say the wedding is a symbol of the city's ongoing problems with overtourism and poor local planning.
Last week, the group also hung banners from major landmarks and put up posters around the city.
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‘If you can rent Venice, you can pay more taxes': Jeff Bezos shifts wedding venue after protests
Jeff Bezos and fiancée Lauren Sánchez have reportedly shifted the venue of their much-hyped Venice wedding to a more secluded part of the city after facing intense backlash from residents and protest groups. Originally set to host their main wedding reception at the historic Scuola Grande della Misericordia in central Venice, the couple has now opted for Tese 91 – a shipyard space in the Arsenale complex on the city's outskirts. While officials have cited 'security reasons' for the last-minute venue change, campaigners are calling it a victory. 'We won! The protest managed to ruin Bezos' plans and the mayor's palace games,' declared the activist group 'No Space for Bezos', which has been leading demonstrations against what they call the city's transformation into a billionaire's playground. The Amazon founder's three-day celebration, expected to be attended by over 200 high-profile guests including Kim Kardashian, Leonardo DiCaprio, Elon Musk, and Ivanka Trump, has sparked outrage among locals. Protestors argue that Venice, already buckling under the strain of overtourism, should not be reduced to a backdrop for luxury events. Since Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro confirmed the wedding in March, activists have launched a series of dramatic protests across the city. Banners with Bezos' name crossed out in red were unfurled from the iconic Rialto Bridge and the bell tower of San Giorgio Maggiore, the island where the couple is reportedly tying the knot. 'Venice is being treated like a stage, a showcase — and this wedding is the symbol of how the city is being exploited by outsiders,' a protester told the BBC. Demonstrators had even threatened to block the canals with inflatable crocodiles, a move some believe pressured the couple into changing plans. 'The crocodile initiative would have given a bad impression of the city. That's why the venue was changed,' one activist told The Guardian. Greenpeace also joined the protests, unfurling a massive banner with a grinning Bezos and the words: 'If you can rent Venice for your wedding, you can pay more taxes.' Mayor Brugnaro expressed 'shame' over the demonstrations, prompting a sharp response from campaigners: 'The ones who should be ashamed are them. They are the people who have destroyed this city.'
Time of India
2 hours ago
- Time of India
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Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez are having a very fancy and private wedding in Venice, Italy. But now, all the secrets are out — like who's going, what she's wearing, how much it costs, and where it will happen. And it's way more dramatic, expensive, and private than people thought. The wedding will have 3 big events over 3 days starting off with a pre-wedding party, the main wedding, and a final celebration. The first dinner will be on a quiet island in Venice called San Giovanni Evangelista, where only 11 people normally live. The location is super exclusive and only reachable by boat. Guests will sit at long tables in a vineyard, with presidential-level security, according to the report by Daily Mail. About 200 rich guests are coming, including Kim Kardashian, Kris Jenner, Barry Diller, and Diane von Furstenberg. Bride-to-be Lauren Sanchez will likely arrive by helicopter and land on the floating helipad of their support yacht Abeona. The wedding planners, a company called Lanza & Baucina, got this last-minute venue. The villa, Villa Baslini, is usually rented out and booked for 2 years straight, as per reports. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like The Top 25 Most Beautiful Women In The World Articles Vally Undo Jeff Bezos is worth $224 billion, but a wedding source called him 'unlucky' because so many things have gone wrong. The original wedding budget was $50 million, but after criticism, it was cut down to around $5 million. Critics slammed Sanchez's recent space flight as a rich-person stunt. It was supposed to be a feminist mission but didn't go well with the public, as stated by Daily Mail. Plans changed after backlash and protests To calm the backlash, the couple changed plans and made the wedding look more like a family gathering than a billionaire party. The original idea was to use Bezos's $500 million yacht, Koru, for the wedding events. But because of security issues and protests in Venice, they kept it away in Croatia, as per reports. Live Events Posters saying 'No Space for Bezos' were spotted in Venice, so the couple didn't want to cause more public anger. Security fears increased after Trump's military actions in Iran, so plans had to be changed again. Koru is staying far away, and even the guest travel plan got adjusted. Trump was supposed to be invited, but now probably won't come. However, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are already in Venice. Guests are staying at luxury hotels like the Aman Palace and Cipriani, where rooms cost up to £10,000 a night. The wedding day itself will be in San Giorgio Maggiore, at a beautiful outdoor place called the 'green theatre', according to a Daily Mail report. This theatre can hold up to 1,500 guests, has white stone seating, and was recently redesigned by famous architects Foster plus Partners to include drone-proof canopies. 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