(27 Jun 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Venice, Italy – 27 June 2025
1. Various of gondolas floating in Venice outside the Aman hotel, where billionaire Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez are staying
2. Wide of Rialto Bridge in Venice
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Simone Venturini, Venice Councillor for Tourism:
“This kind of event brings a lot of income to the city, to the small companies, small businesses, family businesses, and of course, also the big company in Venice. We have a lot of hotels, restaurants, boats, florists, hairstylists and the technicians are involved with this kind of events. And a lot of people work thanks to this event without any kind of a negative impact to the city because these events are very respectful to the city, there is no negative impact, the daily life is of course business as usual, there’s no problem for the city managing this kind of event.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Venice, Italy – 26 June 2025
4. Wide of new pier allegedly built for the wedding ceremony on San Giorgio island
5. Various of San Giorgio island
6. Security staff on pier of San Giorgio island
7. Various of the walls surrounding the venue with white tents visible inside the venue
8. Photographers on boat
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Venice, Italy – 27 June 2025
9. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Simone Venturini, Venice Councillor for Tourism:
“It may seem strange to you, but for the City of Venice, it’s nothing out of the ordinary. It’s one of the many events we host in our city every year. Every week, every month, there are important opportunities for Venice to gain international visibility, and it is a city that is very accustomed to managing situations like this, where we are able to manage security and privacy, but also the daily life of Venice, which is in no way disrupted or limited by this type of event.”
10. Various of a road sign with a sticker from the activist movement “No space for Bezos” reading (Italian), “In the time it takes you to read this, Jeff Bezos’ wealth has increased by more than your monthly salary. Tax billionaires.”
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Stella Faye, university researcher from Venice and "No space for Bezos" activist:
“Venice is not just a pretty picture, a pretty postcard to please the needs and wants of the elite or of mass tourists, but it is an alive city made of people who want to actually live there even if the housing is unaffordable, having a decent job is very hard. So for us it was very, very important to bring the light, bring the spotlight of these events and move it from the gossip event, the tabloids and move it to actually who want to live Venice in a sustainable way.”
12. Wide of a gondola floating in Venice
13. Tilt down of a gondolier
14. Police patrolling Venice lagoon
STORYLINE:
The Italian city of Venice was making waves Friday with the most anticipated wedding of 2025 — that of billionaire Jeff Bezos and his fiancée Lauren Sánchez.
Venice’s tourism councillor Simone Venturini said that such events bring income to the historic city.
"A lot of people work thanks to this event without any kind of a negative impact to the city," he said.
But there are some who say these two should not be wed in this city.
They characterize the wedding as a decadent display of wealth in a world with growing inequality, and argue it’s a shining example of tourism taking precedence over residents’ needs, particularly affordable housing and essential services. Venice is also one of the cities most vulnerable to rising sea levels from climate change.
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