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EXHIBIT 10.17
TRAVELWEB PARTICIPANT AGREEMENT
TravelWeb, Inc. (TWI) hereby offers to the below named Participant the
right to participate in TWI's TravelWeb on the following terms and conditions:
1. Duties of TWI. (a) For publication of pages on the Internet,
upon receipt and acceptance by TWI of TWI's TravelWeb Order Form and any Change
Order, to payment by Participant of the fees as set forth therein and receipt
from Participant of all reasonable and necessary information and materials
required to process the TravelWeb Order or Change Order, TWI shall proceed to
create or modify pages of information to be published on the Internet via TWI's
TravelWeb and, subject to Participant's prior approval of the pages, shall
publish the pages on the Internet. (b) In accordance with a mutually agreed
schedule for implementation, TWI shall produce an operable interface between
Participant's reservation system and the TravelWeb Internet site which will
permit the user of a computer accessing TravelWeb to access Participant's
reservation system with the capability to make, change and cancel a reservation.
2. Duties of Participant. (a) For the publication of pages on the
Internet via TravelWeb, Participant shall complete a TravelWeb Order Form in
form and substance as required by TWI for each publication. Participant shall
provide to TWI all reasonable and necessary materials required by TWI to
process the TravelWeb Order. TWI will submit the pages to be published to
Participant for approval and Participant may make a single request for changes
at no charge. In the event Participant wants to make further changes or wants
to change any TravelWeb Order, Participant shall execute a Change Order on a
form prescribed by TWI and shall pay the agreed charges for the changes.
Participant agrees to pay all fees and costs as set forth in each TravelWeb
Order Form and Change Order. Upon approval by Participant of the pages to be
published, Participant hereby authorizes and directs TWI to publish the pages
of information on the Internet via TWI's TravelWeb site. (b) For access to
Participant's reservation system and reservation capabilities via TravelWeb,
Participant agrees to provide all reasonable and necessary personnel, technical
support, programming and modification of its reservation system and all other
reasonable and necessary accommodations to produce a dependable and operable
interface as required by TWI which will permit a user of a computer accessing
the TravelWeb site on the Internet to make, change and cancel reservations and
to make credit card payments in connection with a reservation.
3. Fees. For maintaining the published pages on the Internet and
the management and operation of TravelWeb, Participant shall pay to TWI a
monthly maintenance fee for all or any part of a month during which pages are
published (the "Maintenance Fee") as follows:
1 - 50 properties = $3.00 per property;
51 - 200 properties = $2.75 per property;
201 - 400 properties = $2.50 per property;
over 400 properties = $1,000
For each Net TravelWeb Reservation, Participant shall pay to
TWI a fee of $2.00 (the "TravelWeb Reservation Fee"). Net TravelWeb
Reservations within a particular time period equals the number of reservations
made by a user of a computer accessing the TravelWeb site on the Internet
within such time period less the number of reservations made by a user of a
computer accessing the TravelWeb site on the Internet as to which notice of
cancellation is received via TravelWeb within such time period.
Participant shall make all payments as required by each
TravelWeb Order Form and Change Order. TWI shall invoice Participant monthly
for all Maintenance Fees and TravelWeb Reservation Fees and Participant shall
pay each invoice upon receipt and each invoice shall be past due and it shall
be a breach of this agreement if it is not paid within thirty (30) days after
the date of the invoice. All payments to TWI shall be made in U.S. Dollars. TWI
may increase the fees up to 10% of the then-existing fee once each calendar
year.
4. Term. The initial term of this agreement shall be for one (1)
year from the date hereof provided that the agreement shall be automatically
renewed and extended for additional one (1) year terms thereafter unless, at
least sixty (60) days prior to expiration of the initial one (1) year term or
the expiration of any additional (1) year term, either party hereto shall give
notice of its intent not to renew and extend this agreement.
5. Property rights. The published pages are acknowledged to be the
sole property of Participant and TWI may not use or publish any of the
information or part in any manner other than pursuant to this agreement.
Participant shall be solely and exclusively responsible for the protection of
any and all of its intellectual property including, but not limited to the
inclusion on the pages to be published of any and all statutory or other
notices customarily used or required for purposes of providing notice of
ownership or protection of Participant's trademarks, trade names, service
marks, or copyrights in connection with the information to be placed on the
published pages. TravelWeb is the trade name and service xxxx of TWI and may
not be used without the prior written consent of TWI. All information disclosed
to Participant in connection with the creation of the interfaces provided
herein is confidential and proprietary property of TWI and shall not be
disclosed to any third party without the prior written consent of TWI.
6. Disclaimer, Limitation of Liabilities and Risk of Internet
Usage. TWI WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE FOR (i) ANY FALSIFICATIONS OR
INACCURACIES IN ANY OF THE INFORMATION PUBLISHED PURSUANT TO THIS agreement,
(ii) ANY ACT OR FAILURE TO ACT WITH RESPECT TO THE PUBLICATION OF PAGES ON THE
INTERNET OR CREATION OR FUNCTIONALITY OF THE INTERFACE UNLESS EXPRESSLY SET
FORTH HEREIN, (iii) ALL CLAIM, DAMAGE, OR LIABILITY OF ANY NATURE ARISING OUT
OF A COMPUTER OPERATOR'S ACCESS TO PARTICIPANT'S RESERVATION SYSTEM AND/OR THE
MAKING, CHANGING OR CANCELING OF A RESERVATION AND THE USE OF A CREDIT CARD OR
OTHER DEBIT DEVICE IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, OR (iv) ANY CLAIM RESULTING FROM
ANY INTERRUPTION, MALFUNCTION OR CHANGE IN THE USE OF THE INTERNET, EXCEPT TO
THE EXTENT RESULTING FROM TWI'S GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT. ALL
WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WITHOUT
LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY,
GOOD AND WORKMANLIKE PRODUCT OR SERVICE OR OTHERWISE ARE DISCLAIMED BY TWI AND
WAIVED BY PARTICIPANT. PARTICIPANT ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ALLOWING ACCESS
TO ITS RESERVATION SYSTEM TO COMPUTERS ACCESSING THE INTERNET VIA TRAVELWEB IS
AT PARTICIPANT'S OWN RISK. Participant acknowledges and agrees that the
Internet is a communication medium over which TWI has no control and that its
continued utilization in its present form current costs is uncertain.
Therefore, if at any time during the term of this agreement, the cost of access
to the Internet by TWI increases or there is imposed a fee or cost for access
or use of the Internet communication lines, or there is imposed any law,
governmental ruling, or regulation the result of which increases the cost of
access to or usage of the Internet otherwise makes it impractical, in TWI's
sole discretion, to continue to perform this agreement, TWI, may upon notice to
Participant, immediately terminate this agreement with such action constituting
an event of default. TWI shall not be liable for any breach of this agreement
resulting from an act of God, accidents, power or telecommunication outages,
delays, mechanical defects or other events beyond its control. TWI's only
liability for its errors on the published pages shall be to correct the
information on the pages within seven days of notice from Participant.
7. Breach. In the event of a breach of this agreement, the
non-breaching party may terminate this agreement after providing notice to the
other party of such breach and the failure of the breaching party to cure the
breach within ten (10) days of receipt of the notice. Upon breach by
Participant and failure to timely cure TWI to immediately cease the publication
of all Participant's pages on the Internet and terminate the interface.
8. Miscellaneous. This agreement shall be interpreted in
accordance with the laws of the State of Texas and any legal proceeding arising
out of this agreement shall have venue in Dallas County, Texas. This agreement
shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the legal representatives,
successors and assigns of the parties hereto, agreement and the TravelWeb Order
Forms and Change Orders contain all the provisions of any agreement between TWI
and Participant with respect to the publication of pages the Internet and the
creation of an interface as provided herein and Participant has not relied upon
any promises or representations by TWI with respect to the subject matter
except set forth herein.
TRAVELWEB, INC. PARTICIPANT: LA QUINTA INNS, INC.
By: /s/ XXXX X. XXXXX, III By: /s/ X.X. XXXXXXX
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Xxxx X. Xxxxx, III
President Its: Senior Vice President
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Date: April 18, 1996 Date: February 14, 1996
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