content: UNITED STATES
                 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                       Washington, D.C.  20549
                                  
                                  
                                  
                              FORM 8-K
                                  
                                  
                                  
                           CURRENT REPORT
               PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                   SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                                  
  
  Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) January 21, 1997
  
                           CUC International Inc.
            (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
  
  
               Delaware               1-10308           06-0918165
  (State or Other Jurisdiction      (Commission       (I.R.S. Employer
    of  Incorporation)              File Number)     Identification No.)
  
  
         707 Summer Street
       Stamford, Connecticut                                06901
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)               (Zip Code)
  
  
                               (203)324-9261
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
  
  
                              Not applicable
  (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
  
  
  
  ITEM 5.   OTHER EVENTS
  
        On January 21, 1997, CUC International Inc. (the "Company")
  announced  changes in the senior management team of its  software
  division, CUC Software.  Robert Davidson, chief executive officer
  of  CUC  Software, and Janice Davidson, president of  Davidson  &
  Associates, Inc., a subsidiary of the Company, are stepping  down
  from their day-to-day responsibilities, while Christopher McLeod,
  a  member  of  the office of the president and an executive  vice
  president of the Company, will become chief executive officer  of
  CUC  Software.   Mr. Davidson will remain a vice chairman  and  a
  member  of  the  board  of directors of  the  Company,  and  Mrs.
  Davidson  will  continue  to advise the Company,  assist  in  the
  management transition and serve on the board of directors of  the
  Company.
  
        The  information  set forth in the press  release  attached
  hereto  as Exhibit 99 is incorporated herein by reference in  its
  entirety.
  
  ITEM 7.   EXHIBITS
  
       c.  Exhibits
       
       99.   Press  Release  issued by CUC  International  Inc.  on
             January 21, 1997.
       
  
  
  
  
                             SIGNATURES
  
  
  
  Pursuant  to the requirements of the Securities Exchange  Act  of
  1934, the Registrant had duly caused this report to be signed  on
  its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
  
  
  
  
  
                             CUC International Inc.
                             (Registrant)
  
  
  
  
  
  Date: January 22, 1997    By: COSMO CORIGLIANO
                                Cosmo Corigliano - Senior Vice President
                                and Chief Financial Officer
                                (Principal Financial and Accounting
                                Officer)
  
  
                            EXHIBIT INDEX
  
  Exhibit No.                                  Page No.
  
  99             Press Release issued by            5
                 CUC International Inc. on
                 January 21, 1997
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text: UNITED STATES
                 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                       Washington, D.C.  20549
                                  
                                  
                                  
                              FORM 8-K
                                  
                                  
                                  
                           CURRENT REPORT
               PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                   SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                                  
  
  Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) January 21, 1997
  
                           CUC International Inc.
            (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
  
               Delaware               1-10308           06-0918165
  (State or Other Jurisdiction      (Commission       (I.R.S. Employer
    of  Incorporation)              File Number)     Identification No.)
  
         707 Summer Street
       Stamford, Connecticut                                06901
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)               (Zip Code)
  
                               (203)324-9261
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
  
                              Not applicable
  (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
  
  ITEM 5.   OTHER EVENTS
  
        On January 21, 1997, CUC International Inc. (the "Company")
  announced  changes in the senior management team of its  software
  division, CUC Software.  Robert Davidson, chief executive officer
  of  CUC  Software, and Janice Davidson, president of  Davidson  &
  Associates, Inc., a subsidiary of the Company, are stepping  down
  from their day-to-day responsibilities, while Christopher McLeod,
  a  member  of  the office of the president and an executive  vice
  president of the Company, will become chief executive officer  of
  CUC  Software.   Mr. Davidson will remain a vice chairman  and  a
  member  of  the  board  of directors of  the  Company,  and  Mrs.
  Davidson  will  continue  to advise the Company,  assist  in  the
  management transition and serve on the board of directors of  the
  Company.
  
        The  information  set forth in the press  release  attached
  hereto  as Exhibit 99 is incorporated herein by reference in  its
  entirety.
  
  ITEM 7.   EXHIBITS
  
       c.  Exhibits
       
       99.   Press  Release  issued by CUC  International  Inc.  on
             January 21, 1997.
       
  
                             SIGNATURES
  
  Pursuant  to the requirements of the Securities Exchange  Act  of
  1934, the Registrant had duly caused this report to be signed  on
  its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
                             CUC International Inc.
                             (Registrant)
  
  Date: January 22, 1997    By: COSMO CORIGLIANO
                                Cosmo Corigliano - Senior Vice President
                                and Chief Financial Officer
                                (Principal Financial and Accounting
                                Officer)
  
                            EXHIBIT INDEX
  
  Exhibit No.                                  Page No.
  
  99             Press Release issued by            5
                 CUC International Inc. on
                 January 21, 1997