Exhibit 32.1

                        WESTCOAST HOSPITALITY CORPORATION

             CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO EXCHANGE ACT RULE 13a-14(b)

In connection with the Annual Report of WestCoast  Hospitality  Corporation (the
"Company") on Form 10-K for the year ending  December 31, 2003 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange  Commission on the date hereof (the  "Report"),  each of
the  undersigned,  who are jointly  performing  the  functions of the  principal
executive officer of the Company, certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350,
as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The  information  contained in the Report fairly  presents,  in all material
respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.


/s/ John M. Taffin
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Executive Vice President, Hotel Operations
(co-principal executive officer)


/s/ Peter P. Hausback
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Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
(co-principal executive officer)


/s/ Thomas L. McKeirnan
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Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
(co-principal executive officer)


/s/ David M. Bell
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Senior Vice President, Project Development
(co-principal executive officer)


March 26, 2004