Improved individual and group demand this year are expected to boost hotel occupancy to a 30-year high of 64.9 percent, according to a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers. Hoteliers will likely leverage this robust growth to drive rates, which are expected to rise 6.2 percent next year — the highest year-over-year rate growth since 2007, PwC says. Read the GlobeSt.com story here