Currency rates boost US holiday market

America may not have be en the most a-la-mode holiday destination in recent years, but 2005 is set to revitalise our intercontinental taste buds for the US of A.

It's all down to economics. Foreign currencies, including the euro and yen, are doing extremely well against the dollar this year. Indeed, the US dollar has fallen 31 per cent against the euro since 2002).

Translated into holiday speak, this means the US has ...