The billionaire has moved his lavish nuptials from Venice's city center to a more isolated, secure location after weeks of protests from locals.

This weekend’s star-studded Venice wedding of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez has galvanised activist groups which are protesting against it as a sign of the growing disparity between the haves and have-nots as well as disregard of the Italian city’s residents.

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez were photographed arriving at the Aman Hotel in Venice, Italy on Wednesday ahead of their upcoming nuptials.