content: 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)  August 13, 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 August 13, 1997, CUC International Inc. (the "Company")
  announced that it had entered into a Share Purchase Agreement
  dated as of August 13, 1997 (the "Purchase Agreement") with Hebdo
  Mag International Inc. ("Hebdo Mag"), the stockholders of Hebdo
  Mag, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company ("CUC
  Acquisition Subsidiary"), pursuant to which CUC Acquisition
  Subsidiary agreed to acquire all of the outstanding capital stock
  of Hebdo Mag in exchange for the issuance of shares of CUC common
  stock valued at 610 million Canadian dollars (which at current
  exchange rates is worth approximately U.S.$440 million).  The
  closing of such acquisition is subject to customary closing
  conditions, including the expiration of certain applicable
  waiting periods under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust
  Improvements Act of  1976 and the Investment Canada Act.
  
       The information set forth in the press release attached
  hereto as Exhibit 99 is incorporated herein by reference in its
  entirety.
  
  
  
  ITEM 7.   Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial
            Information and Exhibits
  
            c.  Exhibits
       
            99.  Press Release issued by CUC International Inc. on
                 August 14, 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: August 15, 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
                 CUC International Inc. on
                 August 14, 1997
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text: 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)  August 13, 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 August 13, 1997, CUC International Inc. (the "Company")
  announced that it had entered into a Share Purchase Agreement
  dated as of August 13, 1997 (the "Purchase Agreement") with Hebdo
  Mag International Inc. ("Hebdo Mag"), the stockholders of Hebdo
  Mag, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company ("CUC
  Acquisition Subsidiary"), pursuant to which CUC Acquisition
  Subsidiary agreed to acquire all of the outstanding capital stock
  of Hebdo Mag in exchange for the issuance of shares of CUC common
  stock valued at 610 million Canadian dollars (which at current
  exchange rates is worth approximately U.S.$440 million).  The
  closing of such acquisition is subject to customary closing
  conditions, including the expiration of certain applicable
  waiting periods under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust
  Improvements Act of  1976 and the Investment Canada Act.
  
       The information set forth in the press release attached
  hereto as Exhibit 99 is incorporated herein by reference in its
  entirety.
  
  ITEM 7.   Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial
            Information and Exhibits
  
            c.  Exhibits
       
            99.  Press Release issued by CUC International Inc. on
                 August 14, 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: August 15, 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
                 CUC International Inc. on
                 August 14, 1997