{"id":264585,"date":"2025-06-24T15:11:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T13:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnuus\/?p=264585"},"modified":"2025-06-24T15:43:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T13:43:26","slug":"glamour-gripes-as-celebs-head-to-venice-for-exclusive-bezos-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnewsexpress\/glamour-gripes-as-celebs-head-to-venice-for-exclusive-bezos-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Glamour, gripes as celebs head to Venice for exclusive Bezos wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>VENICE, ITALY<\/strong> &#8211; Celebrities in superyachts sail into Venice this week for the three-day wedding party of Amazon tycoon Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez, despite irate locals who say the UNESCO city is no billionaire&#8217;s playground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tech magnate and journalist have reportedly invited about 200 guests to their multi-million dollar nuptials in the Italian city, which are expected to kick off Thursday and end Saturday with a ceremony at a secret location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The security details are under tight wraps amid rumours the rite may take place at the historic Church of the Abbey of Misericordia, or at the Arsenale, a vast shipyard complex dating back to when the city was a naval powerhouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bezos, 61, and former news anchor and entertainment reporter Sanchez, 55, are said to have booked out the city&#8217;s finest hotels for a star-studded guest list rumoured to include Leonardo DiCaprio, Mick Jagger, Kim Kardashian, Oprah Winfrey, Orlando Bloom and Ivanka Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At least 95 private planes have requested permission to land at Venice&#8217;s Marco Polo airport, the Corriere della Sera said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And Bezos&#8217; mega-yacht, Koru, is likely to moor off the iconic San Giorgio Maggiore island, which sits just opposite St Mark&#8217;s Square and has reportedly been booked in its entirety for the period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-star-studded\">Star-studded <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The lavish celebration has sparked much soul-searching in Venice, where some fear so many A-list guests and their entourages will make life worse in a city already drowning under the weight of holidaymakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Around 100 000 tourists overnight in peak periods, while tens of thousands descend just for the day, many hopping off cruise ships for a quick Bellini cocktail, while the city steadily depopulates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-attachment-id=\"264587\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnewsexpress\/glamour-gripes-as-celebs-head-to-venice-for-exclusive-bezos-wedding\/venice-bezos-wedding-greenpeace-environ\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/bloemnewsexpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Venice-Bezos-Wedding-Greenpeace-Environ.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1706\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Venice-Bezos-Wedding-Greenpeace-Environ\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Activists deploy a giant banner displaying a picture of Jeff Bezos and reading &amp;#8220;If you can rent Venice for your wedding you can pay more tax&amp;#8221; at St Mark square in Venice yesterday, in protest to the billionaires lavish wedding. 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