A celebrity wedding party for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and journalist Lauren Sanchez in Venice this week has been moved to an isolated, less accessible part of the lagoon city on security concerns and to prevent the risk of protests,

Protesters in Venice are claiming an "enormous victory" after US tech billionaire Jeff Bezos and his wedding guests were forced to "run away" from the city centre, moving their main celebration to another location.

Ahead of the announced protests over Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez ’s wedding in Venice, wedding planners Lanza & Baucina stepped in to reject detractors’ accusations of the “privatization” of the lagoon city.