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- Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez arrived in Venice on Wednesday, June 25
- Ahead of their glam wedding later this week, the couple stepped out for dinner together on their first night in the floating city
- Several celebrity guests, including Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, Diane von Fürstenberg and Corey Gamble, have also arrived in Italy for the wedding festivities
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez are kicking off their pre-wedding festivities with an Italian dinner.
Before they walk down the aisle later this week, the pair stepped out for dinner on Wednesday, June 25. Earlier in the day, PEOPLE confirmed that Bezos, 61, and Sánchez, 55, touched down in Venice via helicopter before headed to the Aman Hotel.
The outing comes just days before the couple’s wedding, which will feature a star-studded guest list. Several A-listers, including Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, Diane von Fürstenberg and Corey Gamble, have already arrived in Italy for the celebration.
An exclusive source revealed to PEOPLE that Leonardo DiCaprio and his girlfriend Vittoria Ceretti will be among the wedding guests.
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Venetian Mayor Luigi Brugnaro is welcoming of the multi-day wedding celebration, recently telling The Associated Press his city is “very proud” to be hosting the high-profile event. “It’s an honor that they chose Venice. Venice once again reveals itself to be a global stage,” he said.
Sebastiano Costalonga, local city councillor for commerce and productive activities of the municipality of Venice, echoed these positive sentiments to PEOPLE.
“We are definitely happy to have this funding for the protection of our very delicate city,” he said, referring to how Bezos and Sánchez asked wedding guests to not give gifts because they will be making charitable donations to the city of Venice on their behalf.
In May 2023, the billionaire Amazon founder got down on one knee and proposed to the Emmy-winning journalist during a summer vacation in Europe. She told Vogue in December 2023 that she “blacked out a bit” when he showed her the 30-carat engagement ring.
This May, Sánchez celebrated with a bachelorette party at Lafayette’s in Paris.
“The atmosphere was very relaxed and very Parisian,” a source exclusively told PEOPLE of the event, which took place on Thursday, May 15.
“It was a pre-wedding all-girl party for 13,” the source said, with a guest list that included Kim Kardashian, Kris Jenner, Katy Perry and Eva Longoria.
At the restaurant, the women drank “espresso martinis and everybody got up and danced when Lauren asked for ‘Earth, Wind and Fire,’ ” the insider says. Their meal concluded with a surprise vanilla meringue cake for Sánchez.
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