Vivid testimonials
“Vivid has led the way in informative articles
and gossip for years.”
-- Phil Bloom, President, Global Business Group
“In a country struggling for identity and direction
at times, Vivid is a publication that is constant, purist in its
views, and unwavering in its beliefs. I was delighted for the Athenee Palace
Hilton to be associated with it during my posting in Bucharest, 2000-2003.”
-- Paul Hutton, GM Kuwait Hilton Resort
“One of my memories of Bucharest is Saturday mornings
drinking coffee and eagerly devouring the content of Vivid. Interesting,
intelligent reporting and who was doing what with whom! What fun it was,
we miss it still.”
-- Jemma Ralph, lawyer
“Vivid? Couldn't live with it, and couldn't
have lived without it!”
-- David Collins, former Canadian ambassador to
Romania
“Vivid manages to combine information for
visitors with real reporting and analysis of the local scene, from the social
to the political. It became a source of up to date practical and of well
researched opinion, so that the reader is able to engage the local community
on real issues. And it's laid out with some style and class!”
-- Andrew Mason, Producer, the Matrix
trilogy, Cave
“If you don't get it, you don't get it! Vivid
is THE window on Romania for those of us whose English is at least a tad
better than our Romanian.”
-- Jim Rosapepe, former US ambassador to Romania
“Vivid is unquestionably the most interesting English
language publication in Romania. Its perspective on Romanian
realities, both political and social, is always fresh and insightful.”
-- Leslie Hawke, charity organiser
“To my mind, Vivid occupied the space where
sophisticated Romanian and expatriate professionals came together and talked
to each other. No other magazine in my time did so, or did
so as well. I used to think of it as, in a sense, the "house
magazine" of the bright young people who were changing the face
of Bucharest, turning it back into the lively, cosmopolitan, stylish city
it once was. Its articles were written in the idiom of modern
Romania, and nearly always had something interesting, original, even
hard-hitting to say - be it about politics, economics, business, IT,
society, or culture. I liked the magazine, and always looked forward to
the next edition.”
-- Richard Ralph, former British ambassador to
Romania
“It is always rewarding for me to pick up a copy of
Vivid and read editorials and commentaries that have the courage
to truly report unfolding events in our country. Often the first time one
hears about important market trends, political forecasts and pertinent social
issues is not in the newspapers or on television news, but in this fine
cutting-edge magazine.”
-- Princess Lia of Romania
“Vivid successfully brings together information
from economic, political and social areas. We appreciate its depth of analysis,
which is made by prominent members of the community. In a changing business
environment it is important to understand the views of professionals on
different topics, and Vivid is one of the tools through which this
objective is met.”
-- Henk Mulder, Chairman of the Board,
ABN AMRO Bank Romania
“Refined, stylish, sophisticated, timely, appealing,
exciting, professional, Vivid!”
-- Sandra Scarlat, journalism student
“I’ve known Vivid since it was launched
and have always liked it for its objective, pithy, often fearless journalism.”
-- Cezar Cojocariu, Commercial Director, Posta
Romana
“The best outside view on Romania there has ever been.”
-- Tom Gallagher, Professor of Peace Studies,
University of Bradford, England
“A great fun read with a spirit all its own, I’ve often read
Vivid articles and thought, ‘How did they get that?’
Vivid is a reality check for local people, because sometimes what
is common knowledge about oneself is seen very differently by others.”
-- Stefan Bucataru, President and CEO, Sanex
“Whether you are living in Romania or just visiting, you need Vivid's
eyes to see through the political and social cover, to understand the people,
and to get to know their rhythm. In my opinion you can achieve all that
by reading Vivid magazine.”
-- Cornelia Coricovac, student