IRU Awards
| IRU Awards reward best drivers and company managers as well as best policy and industry practices that increase the safety, security, efficiency and environmental, social and business performance of road transport. The objective is to promote such achievements and performance worldwide, so that they serve as examples to be emulated by the entire industry, while improving its image |  |
IRU Awards for drivers & managers
The IRU Grand Prix d’Honneur
The IRU “Grand Prix d'Honneur” was created in 1967 as a distinction to be awarded biennially by an international jury during major IRU events to a driver or drivers in international road transport who have performed an outstanding act of courage in the course of their professional duties.
Top Road Transport Managers
The prestigious IRU Award for Top Road Transport Managers is attributed to the top managers of road transport companies engaged in the national or international transport of goods or passengers by road, including taxi companies, who have done honour to their profession through their wide professional experience and specific managerial achievements.
IRU Diploma of Honour
The IRU Diploma of Honour aims to improve road safety and is awarded to the most deserving truck, bus, coach, and taxi drivers, who have driven a minimum of one million kilometres during a career of at least 20 years, without causing an accident or breaching regulations. Such a performance deserves recognition and serves as an example to younger drivers whilst enhancing the image of the profession. Candidates are nominated by the IRU Member Associations.
IRU Awards for road transport companies
Best Eurasian Road Transport Operator
Every year, the IRU “Best Eurasian Road Transport Operator” award rewards Eurasian international road transport carriers for outstanding economic performance, best business and social practices, as well as safety and environmental standards.
This contest enjoys great popularity among Eurasian international road transport associations and companies and aims at emulating best practices in Eurasian road transport companies. The IRU Member Associations nominate the winners of national and regional contests, but the contest remains open to every company willing to compete.
Bus Excellence Award
The Bus Excellence Award rewards transport companies active in regular urban or inter-urban public transport by bus and coach. This award aims to promote greater use of buses and coaches in regular urban and inter-urban transport, through high quality and cost-effective innovative projects.
Coach Tourism Innovation Award
The Coach Tourism Innovation Award is given to transport companies active in group tourism by coach in any country, to recognise and promote industry practices leading to a greater use of group tourism by coach, through high quality and cost-effective innovative projects and services.
IRU Award for best transport policies
IRU City Trophy
The IRU City Trophy acknowledges and rewards municipal authorities around the world that implement exemplary proactive policies favouring sustainable tourism by coach. Its objective is to showcase and promote worldwide those model cities that invest in the appropriate facilities to improve access for coaches and their passengers.
By encouraging this safe and green travel alternative, such policies reduce congestion and pollution and promote tourism, while boosting local income from tourists. Cities that invest in facilities for coaches will reap economic rewards, while those that fail to do so will limit their income from tourism.
The IRU City Trophy is awarded by an international jury, composed of leaders from the tourism and travel business, international organisations, city councils and coach transport professionals.
