Average age of a cruiser is now under 48 as industry bounces back from pandemic, CLIA reveals in new report
Almost all ocean ships will be back by August
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
Inuit chefs to prepare traditional foods for travellers on Quark Ultramarine in Greenland
Seal and whale meat offered on shore, muskox and lamb on board
Super Nova! Silversea names its greenest and most spacious luxury cruise ship, due to debut in 2023
Silver Nova will be the first in a new class
Newly-christened MSC Virtuosa will return to Southampton for summer 2022 to sail to Norway, the Baltics and the Mediterranean
At least ship will be based in the UK all year
New MSC Cruises luxury brand Explora Journeys ‘will be multi-generational, host guest chefs and attract new-to-cruisers’
Plans for new line outlined on MSC Virtuosa
The cruise industry is going green – but is it moving quickly enough?
CLIA releases new environmental report
Cruise line boss Jan Swartz: One day I’d like to share a whisky with British couple at the centre of Diamond Princess Covid outbreak
Offer to David and Sally Abel
Together again, CLIA UK and Ireland announces plans for conferences in Southampton and Budapest in 2022
More than 300 delegates hear the news at first in-person meeting for two years
What key things do you think should be on EVERY cruise ship and in EVERY cabin? Here’s my list – but have I left anything out?
Would love to hear your suggestions!
Arvia España! New P&O Cruises ship to sail 14-night cruises to the Med during her maiden summer season in Southampton
2023 itineraries released for fleet