Apple Hospitality REIT (APLE) 10-Q 2017 Q2 Quarterly report

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc., (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarter ending June 30, 2017 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), the undersigned hereby 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 results of operations of the Company as of June 30, 2017, and for the period then ended.

Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.

  /s/    Justin G. Knight     

Justin G. Knight

President and Chief Executive Officer

 /s/    Bryan Peery     

Bryan Peery

Chief Financial Officer

August 7, 2017