Press & Awards
Press for The Society of International Railway Travelers
- 10 travel destinations you need to visit in 2025 — and what to do when you’re there – Business Insider, December 2024
- I’m a Luxury Train Travel Expert — and These Are the 5 European Journeys I Always Recommend – Travel + Leisure, September 2024
- All Aboard – Harper’s Bazaar, April 2024
- Top Travel Specialists 2021 – Condé Nast Traveler, March 2024
- Travel + Leisure’s A-List – Travel + Leisure, March 2024
- How the super-rich do luxury rail holidays – The Telegraph, December 24, 2023
- The Inside Scoop on Luxury Train Travel – The Compass, June 26, 2023
- More travelers are taking the train — to save the planet – Boston Globe, June 1, 2023
- Travel + Leisure’s A-List – Travel + Leisure, March 2023
- 7 scenic train routes to see peak fall colors – The Washington Post, October 2022
- Travel + Leisure’s A-List – Travel + Leisure, March 2022
- Top Travel Specialists 2021 – Condé Nast Traveler, March 2021
- Top Travel Specialists 2020 – Condé Nast Traveler, March 2020
- 7 Reasons You Should be Selling Train Vacations – Travel Weekly, February 10, 2020
- All Aboard for a Train Adventure in Retirement – Kiplinger’s Volume 26, Number 4, April 2019
- IRT Traveler Tree Lockie on why she travels — and why IRT President Eleanor Hardy is the only one she’ll trust to plan her journeys — Virtuoso Life, July/August 2018
- Owen & Eleanor Hardy discuss luxury rail travel in Virtuoso Life, January/February 2017
- Eleanor Hardy interviewed by the New York Times, “How to get the Most out of a Vacation by Train,” November 29, 2016
- Eleanor Hardy discusses the Rocky Mountaineer in Virtuoso Traveler, August/September 2016
- Owen Hardy discusses the Kyushu Seven Stars luxury train in Virtuoso Life, May/June 2016
- Eleanor Hardy interviewed by Travel + Leisure, “The World’s Fanciest Sleeper Cars,” July/August 2014
- Eleanor Hardy discusses the Eastern & Oriental Express in Virtuoso Traveler, December 2014
- Eleanor Hardy discusses the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express in Virtuoso Life, July/August 2015
- Eleanor Hardy shares travel tips in Virtuoso Life, July/August 2012
- Eleanor & Owen Hardy discuss the Royal Scotsman, Blue Train, Eastern & Oriental Express, and the Golden Eagle Trans-Siberian Express in Virtuoso Traveler, April/May 2012
Awards for The Society of International Railway Travelers
The Society of IRT is proud to have been recognized 26 times by the prestigious Travel Weekly Magellan Awards. The Travel Weekly Magellan Awards honor the best in travel design, marketing, and services.
- 2018, Gold: Web-Marketing/Advertising, “(Fast)-Tracking the World’s Top 25”
- 2018, Silver: Website, “Not Just the Facts, Ma’am”
- 2018, Silver: Print Advertising, “Weighty & Wonderful”
- 2017, Gold: Web Marketing, “Nothing Fake About this News”
- 2017, Gold: Direct Mail, “Picture Perfect Postcards”
- 2016, Gold: Marketing / Website
- 2016, Gold: Web Marketing / Advertising
- 2016, Gold: Marketing Campaign, “Seven Stars over Japan”
- 2016, Silver: Direct Mail Marketing, “Cruise Train Seven Stars”
- 2015, Gold: Direct Mail Marketing, “Postcard Dreams”
- 2015, Silver: Print Advertising, “Best-Loved Railway Journeys”
- 2012, Gold: Print Advertising, “Best-Loved Railway Journeys 2012”
- 2012, Gold: Direct Mail Marketing, “Postcard Dreams”
- 2012, Gold: Promotional Video, “Royal Scotsman Reverie”
- 2012, Silver: Marketing / Website
- 2012, Silver: Best Client Newsletter, “Track 25: Luxury Rail News”
- 2011, Gold: Marketing / Website
- 2011, Gold: Print Advertising, “Best-Loved Railway Journeys”
- 2011, Gold: Best Client Newsletter, “Track 25: Luxury Rail News”
- 2011, Silver: Print Advertising, “World’s Top 25 Trains” Ad
- 2010, Gold: Marketing / Website
- 2010, Gold: Direct Mail Marketing, IRT Posters & Postcards
- 2010, Gold: Best Client Newsletter, IRT Magazine
- 2010, Silver: Print Advertising, “Best-Loved Railway Journeys”
- 2009, Gold: Print Advertising, “Best-Loved Railway Journeys 2009”
- 2008, Silver: Best Client Newsletter, IRT Magazine