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
