2011年1月19日，杭州第一世界大酒店荣膺“国家五星级旅游饭店”授牌庆典在酒店热带雨林中庭隆重举行，各级领导、各行业主管部门领导以及酒店同行等200余位嘉宾共同出席了授牌庆典。
        萧山区副区长方毅致贺词说，他对杭州第一世界大酒店通过国家终评、顺利实现五星级旅游饭店挂牌，表示热烈祝贺并对酒店今后的发展寄予重望。宋城集团董事局主席黄巧灵表示，第一世界大酒店的顺利通过五星级评定，这对宋城集团来说意味深远，这是宋城集团在酒店产业板块的零的突破，并赋予了第一世界大酒店新的发展目标和任务。    
        五星的评定揭开了第一世界大酒店发展的新篇章，酒店还将借助杭州打造国际会议目的地的大环境，继续坚持“会议服务专家”的理念，为宾客提供更具特色、更具品质的五星级服务。
       
         On January 19th, 2011, the Hangzhou First World Hotel held an unveiling celebration for Five-Star Tourism Hotel in this hotel’s tropical forest atrium. More than 200 distinguished guests attended this celebration.
         The Deputy District Head of Xiaoshan District, Fangyi presented congratulations on the Hangzhou First World Hotel’s unveiling of five-star tourism hotel and his exceptions of this hotel. Huang Qiaoling, chairman of board of directors of Worldland Group, indicated that this big event had significant meaning for Worldland Group. This was Worldland Group’s breakthrough and the First World Hotel’s new goal.
         The five-star evaluation unveils a new chapter of the First World Hotel. This hotel will persist in offering guests more characteristic services with higher quality, and construct as an “expert serving for meetings” for international conference held in Hangzhou.