Destination Performance UK has its origins in the National Tourism Best Value Group (NTBVG) which was founded in 1999 by the current Chair, Peter Lane, and ex-Vice Chair, Maureen McAllister, who were at the time working at Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council and Gloucester City Council respectively.  They identified that there was a need for a membership organisation for local authority tourism services to help them respond to the requirements of the Audit Commission's best value regime.

NTBVG was renamed 'Destination Performance UK’ in 2004 to take account of the move away from the narrow focus on best value to a broader remit embracing best practice and quality in destinations.  We currently have 113 member authorities, split in to nine category groups.  Click on Our Members.

DP:UK has a management group which meets regularly and includes representatives from DCMS, the LGA, Partners for England,  BRADA, the TMI and ISPAL, as well as the Heads of the various category groups: Cities, Coastal, Rural, Counties and London.  We also have regular attendance from the staff of VisitBritain and VisitEngland, who update us on relevant issues.