(a) Except as provided in Section 16.3 and in this Section 16.1, Tenant shall not, without Landlord’s prior written consent (which may be given or withheld by Landlord in its sole discretion), assign, mortgage, pledge, hypothecate, encumber, or otherwise transfer this Lease or sublease (which term shall be deemed to include the granting of concessions, licenses, and the like), all or any part of the Leased Property or suffer or permit this Lease or the leasehold estate created hereby or any other rights arising under this Lease to be assigned, transferred, mortgaged, pledged, hypothecated, or encumbered, in whole or in part, whether voluntarily, involuntarily, or by operation of law, or permit the use or operation of the Leased Property by anyone other than Tenant (but the foregoing is not to be construed to limit the Permitted Use or to restrict Tenant from engaging, or limit the requirement of Tenant to engage, Manager or other hotel manager), or the Leased Property to be offered or advertised for assignment or subletting. For purposes of this Section 16.1, an assignment of this Lease shall be deemed to include the following: without Landlord’s consent, any direct or indirect transfer of any interest in Tenant or any transaction pursuant to which Tenant is merged or consolidated with another Entity or pursuant to which all or substantially all of Tenant’s assets are transferred to any other Entity, as if such change in control or transaction were an assignment of this Lease but shall not include any involuntary liens or attachments contested by Tenant in good faith in accordance with Article 8.