Overview

• The three-day celebration runs from June 26 to 28 with a welcome reception, a June 27 ceremony on San Giorgio Maggiore and an intimate closing event on June 28.
• Organizers have scaled back reliance on Bezos’s personal superyachts, with both Koru and its support vessel Abeona cancelling their Venetian arrival over safety concerns.
• Activist groups including No Space for Bezos and Greenpeace plan demonstrations on June 28 in Strada Nova after unfurled banners in Piazza San Marco called for higher taxes on the billionaire.
• Bezos and Sanchez have donated €1 million to the Corila lagoon research consortium along with contributions to Venice International University and UNESCO Venice to address environmental criticisms.
• Approximately 200 guests, among them Kim Kardashian, Oprah Winfrey and Bill Gates, are staying in multiple luxury hotels for the estimated €15 million celebration.