Since over 80 years the Steffani rabbit sits in front of the hotel entrance and oversees hotel guests and employees. He know who walks in and out, he knows celebrities like Giorgio Armani and Ornella Muti, and he blinks discretely when Rolf Sachs enters the hotel, or when the young Cresta Riders storm to the Bar on the first floor to watch their rides.

In 1928 the rabbit had its first appearance, as the official mascot for the Olympic Winter Games which were held in St.Moritz.

And this is how it came about: Great events have been a tradition at the Steffani since its foundation in 1869. And so, on the occasion of the 1928 St. Moritz Winter Olympics, the athletes and officials stayed at the Steffani. The mascot of the Olympic Games, the rabbit, thus became the actual Steffani trademark animal and the personal mascot of the Märky family and the Steffani.

The rabbit did not yet see its mission fulfilled with its function as a mascot and heraldic animal and caused a sensation when it was awarded first prize in the advertising logo category at the 1928 World's Fair in Chicago. From then on, his fate was sealed. He became a logo and has remained so to this day, unchanged by the way, as unchanged as his supervisory function in front of the Steffani's door.