EX-32.1 6 w97027exv32w1.htm EXHIBIT 32.1 exv32w1
 

Exhibit 32.1

SARBANES-OXLEY ACT SECTION 906 CERTIFICATION

      In connection with this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of MeriStar Hospitality Corporation (the “Issuer”) for the three months ended March 31, 2004 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Paul W. Whetsell, Chief Executive Officer of the Issuer, hereby certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 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 (15 U.S.C 78m or 78o(d)); and
 
  2)  The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Issuer.

Date: May 10, 2004

  /s/ PAUL W. WHETSELL

  Paul W. Whetsell
  Chief Executive Officer
  MeriStar Hospitality Corporation