On the 16-th and 17-th of September, 2005 a tour workshop was organized in Ohrid, Macedonia. Representatives from the Hotel Associations of Macedonia, Albania, Romania, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro were at the meeting. The kind hosts from the Macedonian Hotel Association carried out a contact-exchange, a meeting for the establishment of a Balkan Alliance of the Hotelier Associations and visits to cultural and historical sites. The participants came prepared with their printed materials, advertisements and offers, which were distributed during the contact-exchange event.

The Balkan Alliance of Hotel Associations- BAHA, officially starts functioning on the 1st of January 2006. On the 17th of September, 2005 in Ohrid, Macedonia, the constituent assembly protocol of BAHA was signed by Bulgaria, Macedonia, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Albania, Montenegro and Romania. The organization will be joined by the remaining countries which have confirmed their participation- Turkey, Greece and Croatia, later in Sofia, as they could not attend the meeting in Ohrid.

The organization is non-government and non-political, managed by a Board of Directors, that consists of the presidents of all participating organizations. Officially the Balkan Alliance starts its activities on the 1-st of January 2006 and the first leadership will be taken by Bulgaria.