Amazon founder and billionaire Jeff Bezos and his fiancee, former journalist Lauren Sanchez, are set to get married this weekend in Venice, Italy.

They arrived in Venice on Wednesday ahead of their wedding, an event that has sparked protests with protestors saying the UNESCO city is no billionaire's playground.

Since the stage is set for the Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and journalist Lauren Sanchez wedding in Venice with the couple and guests arriving in the Italian town for the nuptials. Jeff and Lauren announced their engagement back in 2023. Jeff Bezos who is the world's fourth richest man and his fiancée were seen stepping off a water-taxi at the Aman Hotel on the Grand Canal. Termed as the 'wedding of the century' the celebrations are estimated to see 90 private jets full of wedding guests landing in Venice for the three-day wedding. US president's daughter, Ivanka Trump was even spotted departing in a boat from the Venice Marco Polo Airport ahead of this week's wedding to be held on June 27, 2025.

Bill Gates, Orlando Bloom and the Queen of Jordan were among the latest arrivals, joining Oprah Winfrey, Kris Jenner and Kim and Khloe Kardashian.
U.S. President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner, who showed up on Tuesday, have used the extra time for sightseeing and shopping.
Some 200-250 A-listers from show business, politics and finance are expected to take part in what has been widely dubbed "wedding of the century", estimated to cost around $50 million.

Tech magnate Bezos, 61, and Sanchez, 55, have reportedly invited about 200 guests to their multi-million dollar nuptials, which are expected to begin with an open-air soiree in the cloisters of the 14th-century Madonna dell'Orto church.

Sanchez, who arrived with Bezos Wednesday, was spotted wearing a black dress with silver sequins -- one of an alleged 27 outfits she will don during the festivities.

Oprah Winfrey arrived in Venice on Thursday, leading a star-studded guest list of celebrities descending on the lagoon city for the weekend wedding of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez.

Winfrey's private jet landed at Venice's Marco Polo airport. Former American footballer Tom Brady arrived soon thereafter.

The details of the nuptials have been a tightly kept secret, though the locations now appear to have firmed up as has the guest list.

Ivanka Trump, her husband Jared Kushner and their three children arrived Wednesday.

Other celebrities on the guest list, according to two people close to the wedding who spoke on condition of anonymity, because they weren't authorized to speak publicly, include:

- Kim Kardashian

- Mick Jagger

- Leonardo DiCaprio

- Orlando Bloom

- Microsoft founder Bill Gates

- Diane von Furstenberg and her husband Barry Diller

- Katy Perry had originally been expected but the latest update had her as not attending.

VIPs whizzed by speed boat through Venice Thursday as the three-day wedding party of Amazon tycoon Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez kicked off and protesters demonstrated in St Mark's Square.

US reality TV personalities Kim and Khloe Kardashian were snapped climbing into water taxis in stilettos, followed by US talk show host Oprah Winfrey in an all-white outfit, including sensible trainers.

Residents accuse Bezos of treating Venice like a billionaire's playground, ignoring the city's ongoing struggles with mass tourism, rising housing costs, and climate change.

Amazon's billionaire founder Jeff Bezos and his fiancee Lauren Sanchez arrived in Venice on Wednesday ahead of their wedding, an event that has sparked protests in the Italian city.

Bezos, the world's fourth-richest person, and his former television anchor bride-to-be were seen stepping off a water taxi at the Aman Hotel on the Grand Canal.

Around 90 private jets are set to land in local airports this week, bringing A-listers from showbusiness, politics and finance to the widely-dubbed "wedding of the century" that will cost Bezos an estimated 40-48 million euros ($46-$56 million).

eff Bezos and journalist Lauren Sanchez are expected arrive in Venice on Wednesday, as per reports, for three days of lavish VIP parties to celebrate their wedding in the romantic lagoon city despite protests from locals.

Bezos, 61, and former news anchor and entertainment reporter Sanchez, 55, are said to have booked out the city'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.

The weekend's star-studded Venice wedding has galvanized activist groups that are protesting it as a sign of the growing disparity between the haves and have-nots as well as disregard of the city's residents.

About a dozen Venetian organisations - including housing advocates, anti-cruise ship campaigners and university groups - have united to protest the multi-day event under the banner "No Space for Bezos", a play on words also referring to the bride's recent space flight.

The hall of Arsenale, surrounded by water and impossible to reach by land when connecting bridges are raised, is considered a safer venue than Cannaregio's Scuola Grande della Misericordia, a medieval former religious school.

Originally a giant shipyard serving the Venetian Republic's maritime empire, the Arsenale has been restored and converted into an exhibition space for the Venice Biennale art fair.

The wedding party has now been moved to hall of the Arsenale, a vast 14th-century complex in the eastern Castello district.

Around 200-250 VIP guests from show business, politics and finance are expected to attend the wedding.

After the wedding ceremony, whose location and exact date remain secret, although it is expected to be between Thursday and Saturday.

US President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka was seen departing in a boat from Venice Marco Polo Airport on Tuesday ahead of this week's wedding between American tech billionaire Jeff Bezos and journalist Lauren Sanchez.