Overview

• The multi-day festivities kicked off on June 24 with a dinner at the Aman hotel and are set to culminate today in a ceremony on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore.
• Around 200 high-profile guests, including Ivanka Trump, Leonardo DiCaprio and Bill Gates, arrived in Venice via private jets and water taxis.
• Venetian authorities have sealed off key canals and restricted access to public squares under strict security over concerns of protests and potential threats.
• Activists have demonstrated under the slogan “No Space for Bezos” to denounce the event’s extravagant scale, carbon footprint and social disparity.
• Instead of wedding presents, Bezos and Sánchez have requested donations to UNESCO’s Venice office to help preserve the city’s irreplaceable cultural heritage.