Travel is a practice that many members of society feel a natural inclination towards. A new and sometimes foreign environment offers glimpses of an alternate life where reality can melt away. In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, this ability to travel freely was taken away from many who considered it to be a part of their routine. This practicum explored ways in which the local context of a location not typically seen as a destination, could be marketed as a desirable staycation by examining tourism trends and changes in response to the pandemic, how interior design principles such as adaptive reuse and experiential design can use history and site context to create an interior space that encapsulates qualities of a province, and how interior design used in a tourism context can create a memorable staycation experience for Manitoba residents. The previously mentioned concepts will be studied and applied in the design of a small-scale boutique hotel. Natural elements of the site and provincial context combined with the strong sense of community that is often felt by residents and visitors of the city come together to inspire and influence the design at all points of the process. Maintaining inclusive design principles, and carefully designing a unique experience in which a combination of private spaces and public social spaces are desired, this hotel will experiment with a level of flexibility not typically associated with other projects of the same typology. The examined literature focuses on the concepts of memorable tourism experiences, experiential design, adaptive reuse, and visiting friends and relatives tourism. The conclusions derived from the study respond to the questions of a) how hospitality and experiential design strategies combine to encourage travel within Manitoba; b) how experiential design could be used to create a memorable staycation experience; and c) how can the memorable characteristics of a province and community influence the interior design of a physical space.