The Alicante Chamber of Commerce has approved a bold plan to relocate its headquarters and to establish a future Campus Cámara School within Panoramis. The project envisions occupying a 4,800 square meter space, a move that now awaits formal authorization from the General Directorate of Commerce, Arts and Consumption. Once approval is granted, the chamber expects to begin the project and operate under the supervision of the parent administration. The chamber is planning to submit the agreement to the Valencian Administration this coming Tuesday to keep the process on track.
The general assembly meeting took place on an extraordinary basis and was devoted to the relocation proposal, with the head of the Department, Carlos Baño, promising to vote on each step along the way. The decision to move the chamber’s headquarters to Panoramis represents a new chapter after a prior attempt to receive authorization from the Generalitat for the current Fundesem site. Cayetano Sánchez Butrón and his team had managed to reach a deal to rescue the institution from bankruptcy, clearing the path for a fresh start.
As a result, the Chamber is now positioned within the business center at the port of Alicante, housing its administrative hub as well as classrooms and offices for the Campus Cámara School. A dedicated space will be created for the Chamber Business Club and its meeting room, designed to be more expansive than the current facility. The room will accommodate general assembly sessions, presentations, press conferences, and other events, and it will be accessible to other invited institutions or organizations. The facility is planned to include box rooms and dedicated workspaces for member companies that need flexible space for their activities.
A virtual recreation of the future facilities at Panoramis offers a glimpse of the planned arrangements for the Alicante Chamber room and its surrounding areas.
According to the Chamber’s chairman, this solution will consolidate administrative services, business advisory functions, and training areas within a single building, while delivering more modern, spacious, and functional facilities that better meet the needs of the region’s business community.
In addition, the Chamber intends to launch the ambitious Campus Cámara School project within these new facilities. The program will advance vocational education and youth employment initiatives, including the promotion of PICE programs, alongside executive and senior management training. The objective is to initiate, before summer, development courses aligned with the school’s offerings, creating a comprehensive hub for professional growth and enterprise support.
The Cámara Club celebrated a milestone with the inclusion of 370 partner companies on its tenth anniversary. This growth reflects the chamber’s expanding role as a catalyst for regional business collaboration and workforce development.
The first PICE courses introduced under this new roof will focus on in-house training for the footwear sector, coordinated with Studio Ilana, FICE, Avecal, and the Elda City Council. With the backing of Hotel Bali and several industry associations, a parallel training initiative in the hotel sector is planned to begin shortly, further diversifying the chamber’s programs and opportunities for local enterprises.