13.10.2026
7 mins

The Customer Experience Advantage 2026

Let’s be honest: traditional Portfolio management has a reputation for being a bit dry and reactive sometimes.

We wait for a lease renewal, we forget to action it, and we react.

We wait for a roofing issue to get out of hand, it destroys product, and we react.

We wait to set up our HVAC settings, the energy bill spikes over Summer, and we react.

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But what if we treated our Portfolio Operations like world-class hospitality experiences instead of administrative burdens?

In our newly published report, we dive into how property teams can transform from reactive operators into exceptional experience creators—and why this "anti-boring" mandate is a massive driver of ROI.

To redefine the industry standard, we borrowed playbooks from global CX titans:

  • Air New Zealand - Proactive Action‍
    • Eliminating friction with anticipatory updates and genuine human warmth. Instead of waiting for travellers to chase a rescheduled flight, Air New Zealand anticipates the need to reschedule and automates the rebooking in 1-2 hours
  • Les Mills - High-Energy Engagement
    • Transforming a routine chore (like going to the gym, or in our case, going to the office) into an inspiring, high-energy activity. Property teams can take this energy to turn standard building operations into active, vibrant environments where people actually want to be.
  • New World - Stocking up with Christmas essentials per Community
    • Elevating everyday transactions with a premium, community-focused touch. New World provides a higher level of localised care than a standard bulk supermarket
  • Drifter - Design-Led Community:
    • Upgrading the backpacker experience into vibrant, social ecosystems. Inspired by Drifter's hybrid hotel model, we look at how to replace basic key handovers with design-led, communal onboarding that plugs occupants directly into a connected, playful community.

This framework can be applied to a variety of Portfolio types.

Our report explores how experience-first models are transforming industrial logistics hubs and educational campuses.

Finally, we break down the economics of experience.

Delivering this level of service requires ditching the traditional outsourced, margin-on-margin model.

We show why empowering a mission-driven, in-house team eliminates vendor markups and aligns yours goals of higher Asset values and stronger customer retention.

Ready to change the paradigm? Open the report below

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