Overview

• Final preparations for the three-day ceremony from June 24 to 26 include an open-air theatre service followed by a reception aboard Bezos’s superyacht Koru.
• Organizers have tapped luxury vendors such as New York’s Carbone, Venetian pastry maker Rosa Salva and artisanal glass firm Laguna B for bespoke catering and décor.
• Protest group No Space for Bezos has unfurled banners and threatened canal blockades to halt what they view as an unsustainable influx of water taxis and guests.
• Venice’s municipality issued a statement calling disruption fears unfounded and assured residents that guest movements and water transport have been planned to minimize impact.
• Sánchez is reported to be planning more than two dozen outfit changes in couture by designers such as Dolce & Gabbana and Oscar de la Renta, though no official dressmaker has been confirmed.