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).
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. 
