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
