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