Travel Weekly contributors Jane Archer and Jeannine Williamson are among 12 British travel writers who have joined forces to produce a five-minute video to highlight why they love cruises.
The journalists, all working from home in lockdown, decided to act after “unbalanced and inaccurate coverage” of the industry over the handling of coronavirus cases during the pandemic.
All cruise lines have been forced to halt operations after countries around the world imposed restrictions on travel.
The writers work for leading consumer and trade publications including Travel Weekly.
Dave Monk, who edited the video, said: “We didn’t want it to be too long so we set ourselves a limit of 20 seconds each – which is a very short time to convey your love of such a wide-ranging industry.
“Even so, between us we have covered big ships, small ships, square riggers, expeditions and river cruising in various regions.
“Although this project was spurred by the coronavirus outbreak we didn’t want to make it all about that – we decided to create a positive, upbeat video that will stand the test of time even when, thank goodness, we are all sailing again.”