Nuptials of Amazon founder and Lauren Sánchez to kick off on Thursday as activists continue to protest against event
Scores of celebrities and members of the world’s super-rich are arriving in Venice by air and sea for the wedding of Jeff Bezos, the billionaire Amazon founder, and Lauren Sánchez, a former TV journalist.
More than 90 private jets are expected to land in the Italian city before the celebrations officially begin on Thursday, bringing in guests for a three-day jamboree that some have called the “wedding of the century” that is rumoured to involve everything from pyjama parties to elegant dinners.
Among the first guests to arrive were Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka, her husband, Jared Kushner, and their children. The family are staying at the St Regis, close to St Mark’s Square, one of a host of five-star hotels booked out by the 200 or so wedding guests.
According to reports in the local press, some of the more low-profile invitees arrived in the lagoon city even earlier. Arience, a 60-metre yacht belonging to the American fund manager and Amazon investor Bill Miller moored by St Mark’s earlier this week.
