Exhibit 32.1

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

     In connection with the quarterly report of WestCoast Hospitality
Corporation (the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2004 as
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the
"Report"), I, Arthur M. Coffey, President and Chief Executive 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 result of operations of
          the Company.

August 5, 2004

/s/ Arthur M. Coffey
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Arthur M. Coffey
President and Chief Executive Officer