For the first 10 months of 2021, Niagara County's hotel occupancy rate was 52%, below the national average of 58%, Percy reported. But the peak summer months showed gaudier results.

I booked a room at the Sheraton Fallsview Hotel in Ontario, Canada. For $500 a night, I had a front-row view of Niagara Falls and nightly fireworks.

The $20 million The Cambria Hotel Niagara Falls, part of a mixed-use project two blocks away from Niagara Falls State Park, is celebrating its opening.