Claim: Eric Morley, a British TV host and founder of the Miss World pageant, was a general manager of dancing at Mecca Leisure Group (a British business that ran nightclubs, hotels, theme parks, and bingo parlours).
Evidence: Eric Douglas Morley (26 September 1918 – 9 November 2000) was a British TV host and the founder of the Miss World pageant and Come Dancing TV programme. In 1952, he was Mecca's general manager of dancing, and was made a director in 1953. Morley started his career in the entertainment business in 1945 when he resigned his commission to manage a travelling show in Scotland, and then, in 1946, joined the Mecca organisation as a publicity manager. Mecca Leisure Group (also known as Mecca Leisure Ltd, Mecca Ltd, and Mecca Dance Ltd) was a British business that ran nightclubs, hotels, theme parks, bingo parlours and Hard Rock Cafes. In 1990, the Rank Organisation made an offer of £512m to acquire Mecca Leisure Group, which was initially rejected, and then accepted two months later.