What does Ho'okipa mean to you?
Ho'okipa is the way that you greet a weary traveler
when distance begets them.
It is the way you greet your extended ohana
when they show up with love.
It is the way you accommodate a guest in your home.
Ho'okipa is a value that
not everybody is raised with
not everybody can understand
but everybody should experience
at least once in their lifetime.
It is an irreplaceable memory
of times uncertain
when need preceded want
and people acted accordingly.
Ho'okipa is a skill hotels wish to teach
when they run training courses for employees.
It is the service every company wants you to exemplify.
It is a skilled behavior that separates
One from a crowd, at the time.
Ho'okipa is hospitality.
It is aloha.
Ho'okipa, copyright 2017
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