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US travel industry has been hit by domestic consumers cutting back and foreigners snubbing country over Trump rhetoric.
He says he keeps thinking of those German teenage backpackers, Maria Lepere and Charlotte Pohl, who were strip-searched, handcuffed, body scanned, and locked in a cell overnight in Honolulu for ...
Fewer German tourists are vacationing in the U.S. after reports of Germans being detained by immigration authorities have sparked unease.
Her comments followed stories of two German teenagers, Maria Lepere, 18, and Charlotte Pohl, 19, allegedly subjected to intrusive searches at Honolulu Airport. A German news source said the teenagers ...
JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO @STARADVERTISER.COM Two German teens traveling to Hawaii made international headlines when they were handcuffed and deported. The international arrivals lobby at Daniel K.
Charlotte Pohl and Maria Lepère’s first night in Honolulu was not how they intended. The jet-setting high school graduates from Rostock, Germany, had envisioned island-hopping across Hawaii ...
JAMM AQUINO / JAQUINO @STARADVERTISER.COM Two German teens traveling to Hawaii made international headlines when they were handcuffed and deported. The international arrivals lobby at Daniel K.
Charlotte Pohl, 19, and Maria Lepere, 18, told a German news outlet that upon arrival at Honolulu Airport, they were subjected to full body scans and strip searches. They were then placed in a ...
Australian travellers are warned to prepare for the worst and hope for the best at the US border amid “enhanced vetting” and instances of tourists being detained. Charlotte Pohl, 19, and Maria ...
Upon arriving in Honolulu, Hawaii, Charlotte Pohl, aged 19, and Maria Lepère, aged 18, were refused entry to the country despite holding the required Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA), ...
Charlotte Pohl, 19, and Maria Lepère, 18, were embarking on an around-the-world backpacking trip in March after graduating from high school. On March 18, they arrived in Honolulu, Hawaii ...