Affiliations & Partnerships
We drop them because they open doors
Winkaffe Global Travel isn’t just in the know, we’re in the room. These affiliations and partnerships power the perks, polish, and purpose behind every trip we design. From exclusive hotel programs to meaningful impact alliances, we work with the best in the business - because our clients expect nothing less.
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Official Affiliations
Global Luxury Travel’s Inner Circle
Winkaffe Global Travel is a proud member of Virtuoso, the world’s leading luxury travel network. This exclusive affiliation gives our clients priority access to over 2,000 vetted luxury hotels, tour operators, and cruise lines—with perks like daily breakfast, room upgrades, early check-in, late check-out, and VIP treatment throughout the journey.
Whether you're headed to the Maldives or Milan, Virtuoso status means you travel like an insider.
Whether you're headed to the Maldives or Milan, Virtuoso status means you travel like an insider.
Virtuoso
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Top-Tier Virtuoso Host with Serious Pull
As an affiliate of Avenue Two Travel, one of Virtuoso’s highest-performing host agencies, we don’t just join luxury networks—we dominate them. This relationship gives Winkaffe Global Travel access to private invitation-only hotel programs, exclusive availability, and concierge-level advocacy at every turn.
The result? Trips that feel seamless, rooms that are better than advertised, and perks you can’t get on your own.
The result? Trips that feel seamless, rooms that are better than advertised, and perks you can’t get on your own.
Avenue Two Travel
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Global Leadership in Responsible Travel
Winkaffe Global Travel is a proud member of the Virtuoso Sustainability Community, a curated group of luxury travel advisors and partners committed to making travel a force for good. This isn’t performative. It’s a vetted space where impact, transparency, and ethical practices are prioritized—and where advisors are held to a higher standard across people, planet, and place.
But we’re not just members—we’re shaping the future of it.
In 2025, Kristin Winkaffe was selected as the Virtuoso Sustainability Mentor, the sole advisor chosen globally to guide the community forward. Her role involves advising peers, vetting emerging trends and partners, and helping redefine what sustainable luxury travel actually looks like—in practice, not just press releases.
For WGT clients, that means smarter planning, more meaningful experiences, and the confidence that your trip is aligned with values that matter.
But we’re not just members—we’re shaping the future of it.
In 2025, Kristin Winkaffe was selected as the Virtuoso Sustainability Mentor, the sole advisor chosen globally to guide the community forward. Her role involves advising peers, vetting emerging trends and partners, and helping redefine what sustainable luxury travel actually looks like—in practice, not just press releases.
For WGT clients, that means smarter planning, more meaningful experiences, and the confidence that your trip is aligned with values that matter.
Virtuoso Sustainability Community
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Forbes-approved. Enough said.
WGT is a Forbes Travel Guide-Endorsed Agency, recognized through our partnership with Avenue Two Travel. This endorsement is reserved for less than 1% of travel firms globally and represents the gold standard in luxury travel service, taste, and performance.
If you want to travel Forbes-level fabulous—this is your starting line.
If you want to travel Forbes-level fabulous—this is your starting line.
Forbes Travel Guide-Endorsed
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We’re not just in the industry—we help shape it.
Winkaffe Global Travel is a proud member of ASTA, the American Society of Travel Advisors—the leading trade association for travel professionals in the U.S. and globally. ASTA advocates for advisor excellence, ethical travel practices, and client protection across the industry.
Why it matters? It means we’re not hobbyists. We’re trained, certified, and plugged into the professional travel ecosystem—so you get better guidance, smarter support, and the kind of advisor who can actually solve things when they go sideways (not just "check the website").
Why it matters? It means we’re not hobbyists. We’re trained, certified, and plugged into the professional travel ecosystem—so you get better guidance, smarter support, and the kind of advisor who can actually solve things when they go sideways (not just "check the website").
ASTA
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Preferred hotel partners
the Power of Invitation-Only Access
Because of our relationship with Avenue Two Travel, Winkaffe Global clients gain entry to an elite suite of Preferred Partner hotel programs. These invitation-only networks are reserved for top travel advisors and offer our clients complimentary daily breakfast, resort or spa credits, guaranteed VIP status, and insider access to the most coveted properties in the world.
Top Partner Programs Include:
Top Partner Programs Include:
- Aman Resorts
- Auberge Resorts Collection
- Belmond Bellini Club
- Couture by Langham
- Dorchester Diamond Club
- Doyle Collection “The Circle”
- Four Seasons Preferred Partner
- Hilton Impresario (Waldorf, LXR, Conrad)
- Hyatt Privé
- IHG Luxury & Lifestyle
- Jumeirah Passport to Luxury
- Kempinski Club 1897
- Leading Hotels of the World Leaders Club
- Lefay Resorts and Spas
- Loews Hotels
- Mandarin Oriental Fan Club
- Marriott Luminous & STARS
- Oetker Collection Pearl Partner
- Omni Select
- One&Only Resorts
- Peninsula Pen Club
- Preferred Platinum Partner
- Relais & Châteaux Preferred Partner
- Rocco Forte Knights
- Rosewood Elite
- Salamander Collection
- Shangri-La Luxury Circle
- Small Luxury Hotels of the World
- Under Canvas
- Viceroy “The Guild”
- Virgin Hotels
- Accor Preferred
- BIL Signature Diamond Club
Avenue Two Preferred Partners
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PURPOSE-DRIVEN PARTNERSHIPS
lOCAL SMALL-GROUP AND PRIVATE TOURS
We use Project Expedition not just for the cool experiences (though those are great), we use it because it gives local guides and small operators a seat at the global travel table.
This platform connects vetted, community-based tour providers directly with travelers and advisors - no giant middlemen, no exploitative markups. That means your hike in the Andes, cooking class in Cartagena, or market tour in Marrakech is led by someone who actually lives there, benefits from it, and knows the story behind every stop.
It’s how we help money stay local, amplify regional voices, and still deliver the kind of curated experiences you won’t find in a brochure.
This platform connects vetted, community-based tour providers directly with travelers and advisors - no giant middlemen, no exploitative markups. That means your hike in the Andes, cooking class in Cartagena, or market tour in Marrakech is led by someone who actually lives there, benefits from it, and knows the story behind every stop.
It’s how we help money stay local, amplify regional voices, and still deliver the kind of curated experiences you won’t find in a brochure.
Project Expedition
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Every Trip Gives Back—Automatically
WGT is proud to be a certified 1% for the Planet member. That means at least 1% of our annual revenue goes directly to vetted environmental nonprofits fighting climate change, protecting wildlife, and restoring natural ecosystems.
We’ve built this into our planning fees so your travel dollars contribute to planet-positive outcomes—without you lifting a finger.
We’ve built this into our planning fees so your travel dollars contribute to planet-positive outcomes—without you lifting a finger.
1% for the Planet Member
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