The sky itself is no limit for billionaire Jeff Bezos and fiancée Lauren Sánchez. They have traveled into space, and expectations are just about as high for their wedding in Venice. The team of the world's fourth-richest man has kept details under wraps. Still, whispers point to events spread across the lagoon city, adding complexity and cost. On Thursday, dozens of private jets touched down at Venice's airport as yachts pulled into the city's famed waterways. Aboard were athletes, celebrities, influencers and business leaders, converging to revel in extravagance that is as much a testament to the couple's love as to their extraordinary wealth. The nuptials have also become a lightning rod for protests.

Multibillionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez have arrived in Venice ahead of their star-studded weekend wedding. Bezos waved from the water taxi as he and Sanchez arrived Wednesday at the dock of the Aman Hotel, a five-star hotel on the Grand Canal, with two security boats in tow. The nuptials have galvanized a wide assortment of activist groups protesting it as a sign of the growing disparity between the haves and have-nots as well as disregard of the city's residents. About a dozen Venetian organizations have united under the banner "No Space for Bezos." Among the 200 guests attending the wedding are Mick Jagger, Ivanka Trump, Oprah Winfrey, Katy Perry and Leonardo DiCaprio.