More than 90 private jets carrying around 200 celebrity guests to the wedding of Amazon founder Jef Bezos and Lauren Sánchez are expected to arrive at Venice’s Marco Polo airport over the days ahead, the Corriere della Sera newspaper has reported.
Among those arriving in their own jets are TV personalities Oprah Winfrey, Kylie Jenner and Kim Kardashian and billionaires Eric Schmidt of Google and Bill Gates of Microsoft.
“Marco Polo airport will practically become the global capital of the star system for almost a week,” the newspaper reported on Monday. Citing aviation sources, it said that 95 landings had thus far been registered.
The first guests are expected on Tuesday. The city is already thronged with tourists crowding its narrow streets.
It is not yet known when Bezos, 61, and Sánchez, 55, will arrive. The wedding celebration is expected to be held on Friday.
Italian media report that Bezos’ private yacht, the Koru, is currently off the Croatian coast.
The couple is reported to have booked a suite at the Aman Venice, a hotel on the Grand Canal, where George Clooney and his wife Amal stayed when they got married in the city in 2014.
The entire week has been arranged by London-based event managers Lanza & Baucina.
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