Recent trends are popularizing the term elsewhere in the United States. Popular entertainer, Broadway star and Hollywood actress Bette Midler, born in Honolulu, uses the greeting frequently in national appearances.
The state of Hawaii introduced the Aloha Spirit law in 1986, which mandates that state officials and judges treat the public with Aloha.
The University of Hawai'i's Center for Labor Education and Research resorts the statute of the Spirit of Aloha which breaks down the concept into an acronym using each of the letters of the word:
"'Akahai,' meaning kindness, to be expressed with tenderness;
'Lokahi,' meaning unity,to be expressed with harmony;
'Oluolu,' meaning agreeable,to be expressed with pleasantness;
'Haahaa,' meaning humility, to be expressed with modesty;
'Ahonui,' meaning patience, to be expressed with perseverance."