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Chip Conley and JDV Move Into Lauren Conrad's Territory, Laguna Beach

Where: 647 South Coast Highway [map], Laguna Beach, CA, United States, 92651

Chip Conley and his JDV Hospitality Group have taken over managing the 130-room beachfront Vacation Village in Laguna Beach, just five blocks from the city's downtown.

The OC Biz Journal reports:

The move is part of the company's plan to double its hotels in the next five years.

Joie de Vivre now has 35 hotels and expects most of its growth to be in Southern California.

It already has hotels in the Brentwood-Westwood area, Studio City and Long Beach and will manage the Shorebreak Hotel in Huntington Beach slated to open early next year.

Vacation Village just underwent a $2 million room renovation last year so we doubt that it will need much sprucing up. But it will of course, need the complimentary JDV WiFi.

The hotel also two pools, a whirlpool and a 4,000-square-foot private residence, Pacific Edge, available for groups of up to 65 for events. So like, kids can hold their after-prom parties here or their "we just wanna party because we can" parties.

And we really hope that Chip and co. have a hotel-naming contest here. What would you call this place? The Real O.C. Hotel?

[Photo: Vacation Village]