Affiliate Internet Address today is_____________________
This Agreement is entered into on this ___________ day of ________, 2001, but effective as of the date provided in Section 11 hereof, by and between ABS Travel & Tours, a Florida corporation (herein "ABSTravel.com") located at: and the Affiliate whose name, state of formation or other identifying characteristic is set forth on the signature page of this Agreement. The addresses of the parties to this Agreement as well as the dates of execution of this Agreement by ABSTravel.com and Affiliate are set forth on the signature page.

Recitals

A. This Agreement is qualified in its entirety by the definitions set forth in Section 1 of this Agreement. Terms or phrases not specifically defined in Section 1 should be read in accordance with their general usage and context within this Agreement. All defined terms or phrases are identified with a bold face font and the first letter of each defined word or the first letter of each word in a defined phrase is capitalized throughout this Agreement.

B. ABSTravel.com will provide its airline, hotel and rental automobile reservation system (the "Amadeus Site") to Affiliate by providing Affiliate access to the Amadeus Site on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

C. ABSTravel.com and Affiliate understand and agree that in the performance of this Agreement each party may have access to information of the other party, their respective parents, subsidiaries and affiliates, and their respective customers and suppliers, including but not limited to, trade secrets, marketing and business plans and technical specification and information.

ABSTravel.com and Affiliate agree to the following terms and conditions:

1. Defined Terms. The terms set forth in this Section are defined as follows:

(a) "Affiliate Customers" mean customers who purchase travel from the Designated Affiliate Pages on the Amadeus Site and ABSTravel.com site. An Affiliate Customer will also be deemed a customer of ABSTravel.com.

(b) "Affiliate Site" means the world wide web site or sites owned and operated by Affiliate that contains a ABSTravel.com Proprietary Link accepted as to substance, background image, color, look and feel by Affiliate and which is identified by its URL designation set forth on the signature page of this Agreement.

(c) "Confidential Information" means trade secrets, marketing and business plans and technical specification and information, which upon being declared in writing as confidential information, whether by letter or by the use of a confidential or proprietary stamp or legend, prior to or at the time of disclosure to the other party, becomes Confidential Information.

(d) "Designated Affiliate Pages" means those pages on the Amadeus Site or ABSTravel.com site which are specifically designed for use in connection with the Affiliate Site, which are to be linked to via the ABSTravel.com Proprietary Link on the Affiliate Site and which have been accepted as to substance, background image, color, look and feel by Affiliate.

(e) "ABSTravel.com Proprietary Link" means the URL link, including the reservation HTML form, provided to Affiliate by ABSTravel.com for placement on the Affiliate Site, which is identified by its URL designation set forth on the signature page of this Agreement and which links the Affiliate Site to the Designated Affiliate Pages on the Amadeus Site and ABSTravel.com site.

(f) "Amadeus Site" means the World Wide Web site identified by its URL designation https://res.amadeus.net/pl/abstravel/, http://www.abstravel.com, http://www.reservaciones.com or any of its subdirectories, including the Designated Affiliate Pages.

2. Obligations of ABSTravel.com.

(a) Technical Support. At the request of Affiliate, ABSTravel.com will make available ABSTravel.com technical administrators to modify all link colors, backgrounds and logos of the ABSTravel.com Proprietary Link on the Affiliate Site and all link colors, backgrounds and logos on the Designated Affiliate Pages such that there is a reasonable integration of the ABSTravel.com Proprietary Link and the Designated Affiliate Pages with the Affiliate Site.

(b) Affiliate Site Development Cost. Development of the Affiliate Site shall be at the cost and expense of the Affiliate except as provided in Section 2(a) of this Agreement.

(c) Affiliate Customer Service. ABSTravel.com will maintain a phone number provided and serviced by ABSTravel.com personnel at all reasonable times to assist Affiliate visitors with travel assistance, grievances, complaints and provide other related travel services in the ordinary course of business in accordance with standard travel industry practice. Affiliate agrees and acknowledges that ABSTravel.com is responsible for reservation fulfillment and customer service. All reservation inquiries shall be directed exclusively to ABSTravel.com.

3. Limited License.

(a) Grant of License to Affiliate. ABSTravel.com grants to Affiliate during the term of this Agreement, a non-exclusive worldwide limited license: (i) to provide to users of the Affiliate Site access to the ABSTravel.com Proprietary Link and the Designated Affiliate Pages on the ABSTravel.com Site and Amadeus Site along with the content contained therein; and (ii) at the Affiliate's sole cost and expense, the Affiliate may create materials that incorporate elements of or information contained in the ABSTravel.com Proprietary Site and copy, display, publish and distribute the content of the ABSTravel.com Proprietary Site for promotional purposes. Each party hereby grants to the other during the term of this Agreement the right to use such trademarks or trade names of the granting party as may be agreed upon (in a separate writing) for inclusion in the Affiliate Site, the ABSTravel.com Site, the ABSTravel.com Proprietary Link and the Designated Affiliate Pages as long as the granting party maintains quality control over the marks and any use of the marks inures to the benefit of the granting party. Affiliate shall prominently display on the Affiliate Site the phrase "ABSTravel.com" on all ABSTravel.com search form pages.

(b) Grant of License to ABSTravel.com. Upon obtaining the prior written consent of Affiliate, the Affiliate grants to ABSTravel.com a non-exclusive royalty-free license during the term of this Agreement to use, reproduce, electronically distribute and publicly display the Designated Affiliate Pages for the promotion for which the written consent is given.

4. Exclusivity.

Affiliate shall not during the term of this Agreement, either directly on the Affiliate Site, or indirectly through advertisements or links on the Affiliate Site, offer or market any travel booking products or services offered by ABSTravel.com, other than through the ABSTravel.com Proprietary Link or the ABSTravel.com Site.

5. Advertising.

ABSTravel.com reserves the right to serve advertising on the Designated Affiliate Pages. ABSTravel.com shall be responsible for the sale and management of advertising on the Designated Affiliate Pages. All advertising revenue shall be paid to ABSTravel.com. Affiliate shall exercise no control over the design, placement or content of any advertising appearing on the Designated Affiliate Pages, however, ABSTravel.com agrees that all advertising on the Designated Affiliate Pages shall not contain any sexually explicit material or advertise any adult-oriented sites.

6. Compensation.

ABSTravel.com agrees to pay to the Affiliate a commission calculated as set forth on Exhibit A.

7. Reporting and Payment.

Affiliate agrees that ABSTravel.com will be the only party to bill and collect booking commissions from any travel supplier. Affiliate shall be paid as provided on Exhibit A.

8. Limited Warranty;
Indemnity.

(a) Limited Warranty. ABSTravel.com warrants that (i) to the best of its knowledge, it has the right to provide the content of the ABSTravel.com Site, and Amadeus Site including the content of the Designated Affiliate Pages and (ii) to the best of its knowledge, at the time of delivery of the content of the ABSTravel.com Site and the Designated Affiliate Pages, such content will not materially violate or infringe the rights of any third party. Similarly, Affiliate warrants that (i) to the best of its knowledge, it has the right to provide the content of the Affiliate Site and any information provided to ABSTravel.com by Affiliate for inclusion in the ABSTravel.com Proprietary Link or the Designated Affiliate Pages and (ii) to the best of its knowledge, at the time of delivery of the content or information provided to ABSTravel.com by Affiliate for inclusion in the ABSTravel.com Proprietary Link or the Designated Affiliate Pages, such content or information will not materially violate or infringe the rights of any third party.

(b) Indemnity.
In the event of any claim by any third party against the Affiliate arising out of a breach of ABSTravel.com's warranty contained in Section 8(a), ABSTravel.com shall defend such claim, suit or action in Affiliate's name but at ABSTravel.com's expense. ABSTravel.com shall indemnify and hold harmless Affiliate against any judgment, liability, loss, cost or damage (including litigation costs and reasonable attorney's fees) arising from or related to such claim, whether or not such claim is successful. Similarly, in the event of any claim by any third party against ABSTravel.com arising out of a breach of Affiliate's warranty contained in Section 8(a), Affiliate shall defend such claim, suit or action in ABSTravel.com's name but at Affiliate's expense. Affiliate shall indemnify and hold harmless ABSTravel.com against any judgment, liability, loss, cost or damage (including litigation costs and reasonable attorney's fees) arising from or related to such claim, whether or not such claim is successful.

9. Confidential Information.

(a) Financial Information as Confidential Information. The financial information regarding the calculation of and the amounts paid hereunder by ABSTravel.com as provided in Section 6 and Exhibit A to Affiliate shall be considered Confidential Information.

(b) Management of Confidential Information. Each party agrees that: (i) all Confidential Information shall remain the exclusive property of the owner; (ii) it shall maintain, and shall cause its employees and agents and subcontractors to maintain, the confidentiality and secrecy of the other party's Confidential Information; (iii) it shall take all reasonable action necessary to ensure that its employees and agents do not copy, publish, manipulate, disclose to others or otherwise use the Confidential Information of the other party; and (iv) it shall return or destroy all copies of the other parties Confidential Information upon request of the other party, and indemnify and hold harmless the owner from and against all damages and expenses (including attorney fees and costs) arising from a breach of this provision.

(c) Exclusion to Confidential Information.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Confidential Information shall not include any information to the extent it (i) is or becomes a part of the public domain through no act or omission on the part the receiving party, (ii) is disclosed to third parties by the owner without restriction on such third parties, (iii) is in the receiving party's possession, without actual or constructive knowledge of an obligation of confidentiality with respect thereto, at or prior to the time of disclosure under this Agreement, (iv) is disclosed to the receiving party by a third party having no obligation of confidentiality with respect thereto, (v) is independently developed without access or reference to the disclosing party's Confidential Information, or (vi) is released from confidential treatment by written consent of the disclosing party.

10. Limitation on Damages.

IN NO EVENT SHALL EITHER PARTY BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER PARTY UNDER CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY OR OTHER LEGAL THEORY FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS AGREEMENT.

11. Effectiveness

This Agreement shall be effective upon the date that ABSTravel.com Proprietary Link or the Designated Affiliate Pages becomes available to the Affiliate.

12. Agreement Term; Termination.

(a) Term of Agreement. The term of this Agreement shall commence on the date of execution by ABSTravel.com as set forth on the signature page of this Agreement and, unless terminated earlier under Section 12(b), shall terminate five (5) years from the date on which the term of this Agreement commenced.

(b) Termination for Default. If either party shall materially breach any provision contained in this Agreement and such breach shall not have been cured within thirty (30) days after written notice thereof has been given to the appropriate party, the party giving such notice may then give further written notice to such other party terminating this Agreement, in which event this Agreement and rights granted hereunder shall terminate on the date specified in such further notice. The foregoing sentence will be disregarded if either party in its sole judgment believes that the breach by the other party of this agreement constitutes an immediate and material threat to its integrity and this Agreement shall terminate immediately without the requirement of any notice to the other party.

(c) Removal Upon Termination.
Upon the termination of this Agreement for any reason, the Affiliate shall immediately terminate all access to the Designated Affiliate Pages through the ABSTravel.com Proprietary Link, and the license under Section 3 hereof shall automatically terminate.

(d) Survival of Payment Obligations.
Termination of this Agreement shall not affect the obligation of either party to pay the amounts owing or to become owning pursuant to this Agreement on or before the date of such termination.

13. Miscellaneous.

(a) Force Majeure. If either party is prevented from performing any of its duties and obligations hereunder in a timely manner by reason of any act of God, strike, labor dispute, flood, public disaster, equipment, software or technical malfunctions or failures, power failures or interruptions or any other reason beyond its reasonable control, such condition shall be deemed to be a valid excuse for delay of performance or for nonperformance of any such duty or obligation for the period during which such condition exists.

(b) Relationship of the Parties.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, this Agreement does not and shall not be deemed to constitute a partnership or joint venture between the parties and neither party nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents shall, by virtue of the performance of their obligations under this Agreement, be deemed to be an agent or employee of the other.

(c) Press Releases/Announcements/Collateral. All press releases, announcements, or collateral materials referring to this Agreement must be approved by both parties before being released to the press or any third party.

(d) Applicable Law. In the event either party brings an action against the other based on a controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this contract, or breach thereof, or for the purpose of resolving any dispute relating to the subject matter of this Agreement the parties agree that (1) if the action is initiated by ABSTravel.com, venue of the proceeding will be in the county and state where the principal offices of the Affiliate are located (as set forth below) and the state or federal court in which the action is brought will have exclusive jurisdiction over the parties and this Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California applicable to contracts made and performed in California without regard to conflict of law principles; (2) if the action is initiated by Affiliate, venue of the proceeding will be in Los Angeles County, California and the state or federal court in which the action is brought will have exclusive jurisdiction over the parties and this Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State where the principal offices of the Affiliate are located (as set forth below) applicable to contracts made and performed in that state without regard to conflict of law principles.

(e) Assignment; Amendment; Entire Agreement.
Neither party shall assign this Agreement in whole or part without the prior written consent of the other party except that either party may assign this Agreement in its entirety to its parent, any subsidiary in which it holds a majority voting interest, or any affiliate or in connection with a merger, reorganization or sale of a substantial part of the business to which this Agreement relates. This Agreement sets forth the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto concerning the subject matter hereof; supersedes and replaces all prior agreements, arrangements, and understandings between the parties; and may be amended, modified, superseded or canceled only by a written instrument executed by both parties.

(f) Transfer of Affiliate Site. Prior to the sale or transfer of the Affiliate Site, Affiliate shall obtain to the agreement of the transfer to be bound by the terms of this Agreement.

EXHIBIT A

ABSTravel.com Commission Schedule
 

ABSTravel.com agrees to pay Affiliate a commission according to the following schedule with respect to travel booked by Affiliate Customers through the ABSTravel.com Site and Amadeus Site:

(i)  50% of the Industry Standard Commission with respect to all travel booked through the ABSTravel.com Site, provided that if ABSTravel.com collects less than the Industry Standard Commission with respect to such bookings, the commission rate will be 50% of the amount actually received by ABSTravel.com Inc. Commissions with respect to such travel bookings shall be paid no later than the 15th of the month following the month payment is received, and will be reduced by the amount of any credit card cargebacks.

For purposes of this Agreement, the "Industry Standard Commission" is acknowledged to currently be 10% of the room rate with respect to domestic hotels, 8% of the room rate with respect to international hotels, 10% of the amount charged with respect to a car rental, and $2.50 per round trip airline ticket and $5 per round trip airline ticket.
The parties acknowledge that the Industry Standard Commission is subject to change.