The ‘Jane McDonald effect’ helps boost UK and Irish cruise passenger numbers above 2million
Social media and millennials are also making it more mainstream, say industry chiefs
Shipmonk voted best blogger at Cruise International Awards
Top award for Dave Monk
Spectacular views of western Canada on a pre-cruise Titan Travel trip
Photos of stunning scenery
Wondering if that’s Rob Brydon’s real wife in the P&O Cruises ad? Here’s the answer
It's the question some viewers have been asking...
My top ten Wow factors about Quantum of the Seas
This is a fuller version of a piece I wrote for a Royal Caribbean advertorial in Metro newspaper, UK.
Days of Rhine and poses: Recreating the adventure of my cycling trip as a 17-year-old in Germany by taking a Viking river cruise
‘This story I am about to write is the strangest true tale I can recount. To think we two youths,...
A love story that shaped a city: The amazing piece of history hidden in Fort Lauderdale
Driving along the sprawling freeways past vast developments towards the towering ocean-front hotels of Fort Lauderdale, it’s hard to imagine...
Jamie Oliver: I’d like to teach children to cook on Quantum and Anthem of the Seas
Dave Monk chats to Jamie Oliver about his plans for his first restaurants at sea
Historic rare newspapers from transatlantic liners are published online
Papers used to be printed on the voyage
A record 2million British and Irish holidaymakers took a cruise last year
Numbers have doubled in 14 years
Everything we know so far about the new TUI adults-only river cruises – the ships, itineraries, prices, inclusions and cabins
New venture sets sail in 2020
See my exclusive video of the new Cirque du Soleil at Sea shows on MSC Bellissima
Filmed with permission
MSC Cruises to build futuristic cruise terminal in Miami that will be able to dock two megaships at the same time
Project will be completed in 2022
After two years, NCL drops Premium All Inclusive programme for ‘Free At Sea’ offers
New policy aims to give ‘more freedom and flexibility’
Jeroboam of English sparkling wine will be used to christen new Saga Cruises ship
Grapes are grown in Kent
New ship for ultra-luxury line SeaDream Yacht Club will sail to all seven continents
SeaDream Innovation will join existing two-strong fleet
We named Bellissima in Southampton because the British market is so important, says MSC Cruises’ UK MD
25,000 bookings have already been made
‘Freak’ Chic’s to the wind! Storm Freya forces Nile Rodgers to cancel dockside performance for new ship MSC Bellissima
Contains videos of Sophia Loren naming ceremony and Cirque du Soleil performance