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About John Burrows

John Burrows grew up in the moving industry, starting by sweeping warehouses and conducting surveys for the family business while still in high school. In 1992, Richard DeWitt invited John to help expand the family business and manage DeWitt Guam. Over the past 30 years, John has held numerous roles within the moving industry and has developed extensive expertise in moving to, from, and within Guam. Today, he serves as the Chairman of the International Association of Movers, the world’s largest organization for movers, advocating for moving businesses of all sizes and locations. Through his blogs, John shares his unique experience, knowledge, and perspective, providing valuable insights to readers worldwide.

How to Prepare Your Hotel, Restaurant, or Retail Store for a Smooth FF&E Installation

Installing new furniture, fixtures, and equipment acts as the finishing touch on a renovation project. It's that final piece of the puzzle, which creates a polished, professional space where your team can work, one to which you can welcome customers with pride. Naturally, you'd want this phase to go as smoothly as possible. After working with all kinds of operations across the island—retail stores, hotels, restaurants, military bases, and offices—we've put together a list of five things you can do to set the stage for a flawless FF&E installation and save yourself both time and stress. Let's dive in! 1. Prep Your Team and Get [...]

By |2024-09-06T15:59:44+00:00November 20th, 2020|FF&E Installation, Guam Business, Logistics, Working in Guam|0 Comments
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Why Moving Freight Around Guam Is Different Than Anywhere Else

As 15,000 Instagram posts with the hashtag #OnlyonGuam suggest, there are plenty of things unique to the island. As our Tamuning-based team will tell you, this idea extends to many aspects of what we do at DeWitt Guam, including moving freight around the island. To give you a few examples of how moving freight around Guam might be a little different than in other destinations, we've put together a quick list for you. Whether you're interested in Guam trucking—or you simply want to deepen your understanding of how logistics on Guam work—we'll walk you through a couple of the challenges we encounter, as well [...]

By |2024-09-06T15:59:44+00:00October 13th, 2020|Business Tips, Guam Freight, Working in Guam|0 Comments
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Meet Guam’s Original Inhabitants: The CHamoru People

Guam is one of the fifteen islands that make up the Mariana Islands. Today, this archipelago is divided into two U.S. political jurisdictions: the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the territory of Guam. The diverse culture of these island reflects a host of different arrivals, who brought their Filipino, Japanese, Korean, Mexican, Chinese, Spanish, American and other Pacific Islander cultural practices with them to Guam and the rest of the Mariana Islands, making them a culturally diverse place to visit and live. The majority of the population of Guam, however, traces its ancestry back to the original inhabitants of the island: the [...]

By |2024-09-06T15:59:44+00:00September 21st, 2020|Guam Culture, Living in Guam|0 Comments
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Stay Prepared During Typhoon Season by Understanding Guam’s Conditions of Readiness

Two factors make it important for Guam residents to keep themselves in a constant state of readiness where tropical cyclones are concerned: Tropical storms and typhoons can affect Guam any time of year, although they're most likely from late June through December. In the days just before a storm is likely to hit, supplies can get low quickly, so if you keep your emergency store stocked throughout the year, you're more likely to have what you need, when you need it. Your best tool for staying informed and prepared when it comes to storms are Guam's Conditions of Readiness, which you will hear referred to [...]

By |2024-09-06T15:59:45+00:00August 24th, 2020|Living in Guam|0 Comments
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A Closer Look at Guam’s Pandemic Condition of Readiness (PCOR) System

On April 30, 2020, Guam adopted the Pandemic Condition of Readiness (PCOR) system. This four-tiered approach, set out in the Guam Recovery Panel of Advisors' Chalan Para Hinemlo plan, establishes the criteria for the lifting of mandates and restrictions imposed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. While the PCOR system may be new, the concept is not. In establishing the PCOR, the government of Guam adapted the familiar four-level approach of the Typhoon Condition of Readiness (TCOR) system for preparing for the arrival of a tropical storm or typhoon. Ultimately, the PCOR system and the accompanying Chalan Para Hinemlo ("Road to Recovery") plan, has four [...]

By |2024-09-06T15:59:45+00:00July 27th, 2020|COVID-19, Living in Guam|0 Comments
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The 3 Approaches to Executing Successful FF&E Projects—and the Pros and Cons of Each

When you're looking to refresh your space with a new set of furniture, furnishings or equipment, one of the first things you'll likely consider is how much help you'll need. Will this be a project that you can handle with your in-house team, or will you need to outsource this project to an entirely different team? Most of the clients we work with—which have included retail stores, military bases, hotels, restaurants and more—take one of three approaches to their FF&E projects. To help you decide which one is right for your next FF&E project, we'll walk you through all three. By investigating all the potential [...]

By |2024-09-06T15:59:46+00:00July 6th, 2020|Business Tips, Project Management|0 Comments
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