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 Annual Report of WestCoast  Hospitality  Corporation (the
"Company") on Form 10-K for the year ending  December 31, 2002 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"),  I, Donald
K. Barbieri,  Chief  Executive  Officer,  President and Chairman 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.

A signed  original of this  written  statement  required by Section 906 has been
provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the
Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request

/s/ Donald K. Barbieri
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Donald K. Barbieri
Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman
March 31, 2003