Strategic Hotels & Resorts (BEE+C) 10-Q 2009 Q2 Quarterly report

Exhibit 32.2

SECTION 906 CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2009 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, James E. Mead, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, 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 results of operations of the Company.

Dated: August 5, 2009

/s/ James E. Mead

James E. Mead

Chief Financial Officer