Jeff Bezos alters Venice wedding plans after threat of inflatable crocodiles

Amazon founder reportedly forced to change venue for his wedding celebrations in Italian city

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez’s wedding reception will now take place in the Arsenale, a historic complex of shipyards surrounded by fortified walls. Picture: Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP

Campaigners in Venice have claimed victory after Jeff Bezos was reportedly forced to change the venue for his wedding celebrations in the city as his guests started arriving on Tuesday for the three-day jamboree.

The main reception for the wedding of Bezos and Lauren Sánchez, a former TV journalist, was due to be held in the Scuola Grande della Misericordia, a majestic 16th-century building in the city centre.