Exhibit 99.1

                        WESTCOAST HOSPITALITY CORPORATION

                            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  WestCoast   Hospitality
Corporation  (the  "Company") on Form 10-Q for the period  ending  September 30,
2002 as filed with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission  on the date hereof
(the "Report"),  I, Donald K. Barbieri,  Chief Executive Officer of the Company,
certify,  pursuant to 18 U.S.C.  ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 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.


/s/ Donald K. Barbieri
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Donald K. Barbieri
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
November 13, 2002

Exhibit 99.2


                        WESTCOAST HOSPITALITY CORPORATION

                            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  WestCoast   Hospitality
Corporation  (the  "Company") on Form 10-Q for the period  ending  September 30,
2002 as filed with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission  on the date hereof
(the "Report"),  I, Arthur M. Coffey,  Chief  Financial  Officer of the Company,
certify,  pursuant to 18 U.S.C.  ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to ss. 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.


/s/ Arthur M. Coffey
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Arthur M. Coffey
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
November 13, 2002