EXHIBIT 8


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

In connection  with the Annual  Report of Four Seasons  Hotels Inc. on Form 40-F
for the year ended  December 31, 2004 as filed with the  Securities and Exchange
Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"),  I, Isadore Sharp, Chief Executive
Officer of Four Seasons Hotels Inc., certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. SS. 1350, as
adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 that:

1.      The Report fully  complied  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 Four
        Seasons Hotels Inc.

Dated:  March 14, 2005                              /s/  Isadore Sharp
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                                                    Isadore Sharp
                                                    Chief Executive Officer





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

In connection  with the Annual  Report of Four Seasons  Hotels Inc. on Form 40-F
for the year ended  December 31, 2004 as filed with the  Securities and Exchange
Commission  on the date hereof  (the  "Report"),  I,  Douglas L.  Ludwig,  Chief
Financial  Officer of Four Seasons Hotels Inc.,  certify,  pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
SS. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the  Sarbanes-Oxley  Act of 2002
that:

1.      The Report fully  complied  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 Four
        Seasons Hotels Inc.

Dated:  March 14, 2005                              /s/  Douglas L. Ludwig
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                                                    Douglas L. Ludwig
                                                    Chief Financial Officer