Tormented by the imminent threat of disturbing protests, the next Venetian marriage of the founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezosand the former News Anchor and licensed pilot Lauren Sánchez – that must be a luxurious and multimillionaire event – can be one of the most anticipated and well -kept events to be held in the floating city of love.
The couple’s spokesmen remain secret and a guest said to the CNN that they signed a confidentiality agreement, but generalized speculation can be hidden about every detail of the event that should take place this week.
At Harry’s Bar, a legendary institution that has had Ernest Hemingway among their customers, the waiters expect some of the 200 guests – A mixture of first -rate celebrities, political dignitaries and powerful executives – go by to taste one of their famous Bellini cocktails. Will take your godparents there or not, as George Clooney did when he married Amal Alamuddin in 2014it’s unknown.
“We hope so,” one of the waiters told CNN. “We cannot disclose who has reserved. We protect the privacy of all our guests, not just the billionaires.”
From the date to the guest list, possible places and wedding dress, rumors circulate at a rapid pace.
Moving parts and increasing protests
The procedures are being supervised by event planners Lanza and Baucinathe Italian duo who turned the great Venice channel into a red carpet for the luxurious cloeneys wedding.
Protesters believe That there is no room for a bezos marriage in Venice, but the company insists that its plans respect the city and the unique challenges it faces as one of Europe’s most overcrowded sights. “Rumors of ‘mastering’ the city are completely false and diametrically opposed to our goals and reality,” they said in a shared statement with the CNN.
“From the beginning, our client’s instructions and our own guiding principles were quite clear: minimizing any disturbance in the city.”
However, marriage plans can have already been interrupted For the threat of protesters to block the channel around one of the commented places. The protest group No Space for Bezos He claimed the victory on Tuesday (24), claiming that one of the parties will be transferred to a place in Arsenale, located outside the city center.
Previously one of Europe’s largest shipyards, parts of Arsenale have been modernized and houses events such as the Venice Biennial. The opposition also manifested through tracks and tarpaulins around the city at Space for Bezos and others, including Greenpeace.
The night before, Luca Zaia, president of the Veneto region, announced that Bezos and were donating € 1 million (approximately $ 6.4 million) to the Corila Consortium, an international scientific research group that works in the Lagoa de Venice – a gesture of “love and responsibility” to the city, he said.
Hollywood guests and local candy
The couple is buying about 80% of local suppliers’ wedding groceries, including candy of the Pink Salva Confectionery, the oldest in Venice, whose owners told the CNN who were hired to create “about 200 bags of treats”.
Murano’s glass articles designer, Laguna B, also confirmed to CNN that it is Creating special party souvenirs. The company did not want to share more details.
Zaia is not concerned about the city’s plans to organize the marriage, saying to a local newspaper: “I repeat, this is a city that receives 150,000 people a day. George Clooney, François-Henri Pinault and Salma Hayek, Alexandre Arnault, Elton John and many others got married here.”
He also conjectured that the US President, who is in Europe this week to the NATO summit, could be on the guest list, telling Corriere della Sera: “Of course Donald Trump could also attend this marriage.” Imagine-se that Trump’s priorities may have changed considerably over the weekend.
