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Is The New York Palace Hotel Being Renovated?

Where: 455 Madison Ave [map], New York, NY, United States, 10022

No doubt aware of our Gossip Girl fixation, a tipster alerted us to the news over on Curbed—in turn, supplied by another tipster—that the New York Palace Hotel would be closing in 2010 for an entire year of renovations. “I believe that includes the banquet space as well, but am not 100% sure,” wrote the spy.

Keen to stay on top of what this could mean for the GG cast, and of course Serena, we checked in with the hotel’s publicist to get the skinny. She tell us:

There have been no decisions made regarding the renovation of The New York Palace. Management is still in the process of assessing the full scope of the project and, as such, we are not currently in a position to determine if the property will close at all. Given the extent of the research that is necessary, the planning stage is expected to take up to two years.

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Chuck Bass Takes On Sean MacPherson on 'Gossip Girl'

We know that Sean Macpherson was traveling in Bhuktan last week but we sincerely hope he made it back stateside to watch himself on the last night's episode of "Gossip Girl."

In the episode, Sean played himself--a New York City hotelier--who Chuck Bass approaches with his nightclub plans (and tries to retrieve a Patrick McMullan photo of Sean.) Interestingly, Sean's hotel on the show was The Empire Hotel but we all know that he's the man behind The Bowery, The Maritime, The Lafayette House and The Jane Hotel as well as the restaurant, the Waverly Inn.

In the end, Chuck Bass thought, why own a nightclub in a hotel when you could buy the whole hotel? And that's exactly what plenty of young men with too much money probably did during the heyday of the hotel industry, guest services be damned. Seriously, Chuck Bass a hotelier? Then again, he does have the love and devotion of Blair Waldorf. We'll have to see how this turns out.

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A 'Gossip Girl' Getaway That's Leighton-Inspired, Blair-Approved

Where: 400 S Collier Blvd [map], Marco Island, FL, United States, 34145

You'll know you've really made it as a celeb when hotels in your hometown begin to create packages with you as the theme. Leighton Meester must be jumping up and down in her Tory Burch flats nowadays knowing she is officially a superstar: the ever-creative package-wizards at the Marco Island Marriott have created a girlfriend getaway with the Gossip Girl actress, a Marco Island native, as the inspiration.

For $219 per person per night (based on a two-night stay), you can grab your girly pals and book the Gossiping Girls Getaway, which includes:

· One Gossip Girl Season One DVD set per guest
· A few gossip tabloids in-room to keep up with the hot goss
· Two tickets to the nearby Off the Hook comedy club

Now, unfortunately, you have to be 18 to get into the Comedy Club (unlike on GG, the laws are not overlooked for well-dressed, sassy minors in the real world). And also, we're assuming that whoever is performing at this comedy club is going to make a legitimate effort to kick up some trouble between you and your girls — you know, to ensure some real drama goes down.

The package is available through December 22nd and can be booked here.

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Blake Lively Hits Up Hotel on Rivington

Where: 107 Rivington St [map], New York, NY, United States, 10002

Gossip Girl here. With two of our favorite Upper East Siders abandoning Park Avenue for palm trees out on the left coast — that is, Ed Westwick (Chuck Bass) and Vanessa (Jessica Szohr) canoodling at the Hollywood Roosevelt — at what hotspots might we expect to find the likes of the other Gossip Girl-ers? Where are Lonely Boy, Little J, Queen B., Nate — and Miss Serena?

It seems at least one more cast member has made a big trip of her own and done the unthinkable: gone below 14th Street. Serena would never go so far downtown — well, not without Lonely Boy, at least.

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