Exhibit 32

                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 Lodgian, Inc., (the "Company")
on Form 10-Q for the Quarterly period ended June 30, 2005 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), we, W.
Thomas Parrington, the Chief Executive Officer and Linda Borchert Philp, the
Chief Financial Officer, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted
pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of
our knowledge and after reasonable inquiry:

   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.

                                  LODGIAN, INC.

                          By: s/ W. Thomas Parrington
                              -----------------------------------
                              W. THOMAS PARRINGTON
                               Chief Executive Officer

                          By: s/ Linda Borchert Philp
                              -----------------------------------
                              LINDA BORCHERT PHILP
                          Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Date: August 9, 2005

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906, or other
document authenticating, acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the signature that
appears in typed form within the electronic version of this written statement
required by Section 906, has been provided to Lodgian, Inc. and will be retained
by Lodgian, Inc. and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its
staff upon request.